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1 English
2 Dutch

English

Noun

tree (plural: trees)

  1. Large forest plant with hard, thick stem and branches made of wood and a lot of foliage such as leaves or needles. ("We can't see the forest from the trees.")
  2. Anything resembling the above, for example a banana or bonsai plant.
  3. Object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms. ("He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.")
  4. Device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. ("He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.")
  5. In computer science, a method of collecting items in order with pointers from one item to the next, intended to reduce the time needed to search the collection. ("He implemented the list as a b-tree.")
  6. In a graphical user interface of a computer system, a display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right. ("We'll show it as a tree list.")
  7. any structure or construct having branches akin to (1)

Translations

Transitive verb

to tree

  1. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. ("The dog treed the cat.")

Adjective

Living in a tree or in a forest.


Dutch

Noun

tree (contraction of trede)

  1. step (of a staircase), stair



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