tree

verb

treed; treeing

transitive verb

1

a

: to drive to or up a tree

treed by a bull

dogs treeing game

b

: to put into a position of extreme disadvantage : corner

especially : to bring to bay

2

: to furnish or fit (a shoe) with a tree

Examples of tree in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From utility poles to tree trunks on and around Rockland Avenue, signs are posted, each one a plea to bring him home. —Mamie Bah, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2025

When her mother flew tree to tree with purpose and élan, so did the little nightingale. —Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025

Bacteria move from tree to tree aboard a flying insect, the Asian citrus psyllid. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025

That happened two or three times before the dogs were able to tree the bruin for good. —Mike Combs, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing tree

• angelica tree
• bark up the wrong tree
• bay-rum tree
• bee tree
• big tree
• Bodhi tree
• bo tree
• brown tree snake
• cacao tree
• cajeput tree
• camphor tree
• China tree
• Christmas tree
• coffee tree
• cola tree
• cucumber tree
• dead-tree
• decision tree
• family tree
• fever tree
• flame tree
• fringe tree
• gallows tree
• golden rain tree
• grass tree
• gum tree
• Joshua tree
• Judas tree
• kapok tree
• katsura tree
• Kentucky coffee tree
• kola tree
• lesser peach tree borer
• maidenhair tree
• mastic tree
• ming tree
• money tree
• olive tree
• out of one's tree
• palm tree
• Para rubber tree
• peach tree borer
• planer tree
• rain tree
• rubber tree
• service tree
• shade tree
• shea tree
• shoe tree
• silk cotton tree
• silk tree
• smoke tree
• sorrel tree
• spindle tree
• staff tree
• state tree
• strawberry tree
• tea tree
• top of the tree
• tree ear
• tree farm
• tree fern
• tree frog
• tree house
• tree hugger
• tree line
• tree-lined
• tree of heaven
• tree of life
• tree peony
• tree ring
• tree shrew
• tree sparrow
• tree surgery
• tree swallow
• tree toad
• tree tomato
• tulip tree
• tung tree
• umbrella tree
• up a gum tree
• varnish tree
• wayfaring tree
• wolf tree

Rhymes for tree

• be
• bee
• bree
• cree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he

Kids Definition

tree

1 of 2 noun

ˈtrē 

1

a

: a woody plant that lives for years and has a usually single tall main stem with few or no branches on its lower part

b

: a shrub or herb that has a form like a tree

rose trees

a banana tree

2

: a piece of wood (as a post or pole) put to a particular use of forming part of a structure or device

3

: something shaped like or arranged in a form like a tree

especially : a diagram or graph in branching form compare factor tree, family tree sense 2

treeless

-ləs 

adjective

treelike

-ˌlīk 

adjective

tree

2 of 2 verb

treed; treeing

1

: to drive up or as if up a tree

2

: to furnish or fit with a tree

tree an axle

Medical Definition

tree

noun

ˈtrē 

: an anatomical system or structure having many branches

the vascular tree

see biliary tree, bronchial tree, tracheobronchial tree