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Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle
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tree
Part of Speech: noun
Results: 8
            1.                                           Any                                                         perennial                                                         woody                                                         plant                                                         of                                                           considerable                                                         size (                                                          usually                                                         over                                                           twenty                                                         feet                                                         high)                                                         and                                                         growing                                                         with                                                           a                                                         single                                                         trunk.                                    

            2.                                             Something                                                           constructed                                                         in                                                         the                                                         form                                                         of,                                                         or                                                           considered                                                         as                                                         resembling,                                                           a                                                           tree,                                                           consisting                                                         of                                                           a                                                           stem,                                                         or                                                         stock,                                                         and                                                         branches;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                         genealogical                                                           tree.                                    

            3.                                             A                                                           cross                                                         or                                                         gallows;                                                         as                                                           Tyburn                                                           tree.                                    

            4.                                           Wood;                                                         timber.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                         mass                                                         of                                                           crystals,                                                         aggregated                                                         in                                                         arborescent                                                           forms,                                                         obtained                                                         by                                                         precipitation                                                         of                                                           a                                                         metal                                                         from                                                           solution.                                                         See                                                         Lead                                                           tree,                                                         under                                                         Lead.                                    

            6.                                             A                                                         piece                                                         of                                                         timber,                                                         or                                                           something                                                           commonly                                                         made                                                         of                                                         timber; -                                                         used                                                         in                                                           composition,                                                         as                                                         in                                                         axletree,                                                         boottree,                                                         chesstree,                                                           crosstree,                                                         whiffletree,                                                         and                                                         the                                                         like.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            1.                                           To                                                         drive                                                         to                                                           a                                                           tree;                                                         to                                                         cause                                                         to                                                         ascend                                                           a                                                           tree;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                         dog                                                           trees                                                           a                                                           squirrel.                                    

            2.                                           To                                                         place                                                         upon                                                           a                                                           tree;                                                         to                                                         fit                                                         with                                                           a                                                           tree;                                                         to                                                           stretch                                                         upon                                                           a                                                           tree;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           tree                                                           a                                                         boot.                                                         See                                                           Tree,                                                           n.,                                                           3.
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