Sign Up Sign In 中文

Meaning oftreein English

tree

us//triː//uk//triː//

Pluraltrees
Past Tensetreed
Participle Verbtreeing
Third Person Singulartrees

Definitions

Noun
1. a tall woody plant with a trunk and branches
2. a large perennial plant with a single main trunk
3. a connected graph with no cycles; finite or infinite
  The computer science student studied the properties of a tree data structure.
4. a recursive data structure with child nodes
  The programmer used a tree to organize the hierarchical menu options.
5. a hierarchical display of entries; linked by lines
  The diagram showed a tree of possible solutions to the problem.
6. a slang term for marijuana
  The musician was caught with a tree in his backpack at the airport.
Verb
1. to chase up a tree; as a form of escape
  The cat was treed by the dog and stayed there until it was safe.
2. to place something in a tree
  The kids loved to tree their favorite toys, like stuffed animals, in the branches.
3. to take shelter in a tree
  The hikers treed themselves to escape the bear.

Compounds / Phrases