tree

tree
n.
woody plant with a trunk

1) to grow; plant a tree

2) to prune, trim a tree

3) to chop down, cut down, fell a tree

4) to uproot a tree (the gale uprooted several trees)

5) a Christmas; shade tree

6) a tree grows

7) in; on a tree (monkeys live in trees; fruit grows on trees)

8) (misc.) to climb a tree; (colloq.) up a tree (AE), up a gum tree (BE) ('stymied'); to bark up the wrong tree ('to be mistaken')

something resembling a tree

9) a family, genealogical tree

10) a clothes; shoe tree

* * *
[triː]
fell a tree
genealogical tree
plant a tree
shade tree
shoe tree
trim a tree
up a gum tree ('stymied'; BE)
to bark up the wrong tree ('to be'mistaken')
(colloq.) up a tree (AE)
on a tree (monkeys live in trees; fruit grows on trees)
(misc.) to climb a tree
['something resembling a tree'] a family
['woody plant with a trunk'] to grow
a Christmas
a clothes
a tree grows
to chop down
to prune
to uproot a tree (the gale uprooted several trees)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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