ENGLISH: tree - CREOLE: pyebwa



Overview of noun tree



The noun tree has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (107) tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

2. tree, tree diagram -- (a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree")

3. Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree -- (English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917))



Overview of verb tree



The verb tree has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. corner, tree -- (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

2. tree -- (plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer")

3. tree -- (chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels")

4. tree, shoetree -- (stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)

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