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Meaning of tree | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR A2 Frequent
tɹiː

Definitions

  1. A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
  2. An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
    uncountable
  3. A surname.
  4. tree (a perennial woody plant)
  5. In a situation of great difficulty or perplexity; helpless.
  6. tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree)
  7. Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.
  8. up a tree, in a difficult or embarrassing situation.
  9. tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices)
  10. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
  11. Sir Herbert Beerbohm, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853–1917, English actor and theater manager.
    Herbert Beerbohm
  12. mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)
  13. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
  14. A perennial plant typically having a single woody stem, and usually branches and leaves.
  15. The structural frame of a saddle.
  16. the largest kind of plant, with a thick, firm, wooden stem and branches. We have three apple trees growing in our garden. boom شَجَرَه дърво árvore strom der Baum træ δέντροárbol puu درخت puu arbreעץ पेड़ stablo fa pohon tré albero 木 나무 medis koks pokok boomtredrzewo ونه árvore pom, copac дерево strom drevo drvo träd ต้นไม้ ağaç 樹 дерево درخت cây 树
  17. A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
  18. A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
  19. the top of a tree. the birds in the treetops. boomtop قِمَّة الشَّجَرَه връх на дърво copa de árvore koruna stromu die Baumkrone trætop κορυφή δέντρου copa de un árbol puulatv نوک درخت puunlatva cimeצמרת फुनगी krošnja a fa teteje puncak pohon trjátoppur cima こずえ 나무 꼭대기 medžio viršūnė koka galotne puncak pokok boomtoptretopp wierzchołek drzewa د ونی څوکه copa de árvore vârf (al copacului) верхушка дерева koruna stromu krošnja krošnja drveta trädtopp ยอดไม้ ağacın tepesi/en üst dalları 樹頂 верхі...
  20. 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.
  21. the trunk of a tree. boomstam جِذْع الشَّجَرَه ствол tronco de árvore kmen der Baumstamm træstamme κορμός δέντρου tronco de árbol puutüvi تنه درخت puunrunko troncגזע पेड़ का तना, तना deblo fatörzs batang pohon trjábolur tronco d'albero 木の幹 나무 줄기 (medžio) kamienas (koka) stumbrs batang pokok boomstamtrestammepień د ونی تنه tronco de árvore trunchi ствол дерева kmeň deblo stablo trädstam ลำต้น ağaç gövdesi 樹幹 стовбур; колода درخت کا تنا cành cây 树干
  22. Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
  23. the height above which trees cannot grow. boomgroeihoogte, boomhoogte الإرتِفاع الأقْصى للشَّجَرَه височина над морското равнище, над която не могат да растат гори linha de crescimento de árvore výšková hranice růstu stromů die Baumspitze trægrænse ύψος δεντροστοιχίας límite del arbolado, límite de la vegetación arbórea puude kasvupiir دار مرز puuraja limite des arbres קַו הָעֵצִים ऊंचाई जिससे ज्यादा पेड़ नहीं बढ़ सकते (visinska) granica šume lombkorona magassága batas ketinggian yang dapat d...
  24. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
  25. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.
  26. Marijuana.
    in-plural, often, slang
  27. Something that resembles a tree in form, especially a diagram or arrangement that has branches showing relationships of hierarchy or lineage.
  28. A cross or gallows.
  29. A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
  30. The fifth Lenormand card.
  31. Alternative letter-case form of TREE.
    alt-of, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans boom
አማርኛ ዛፍ
العربية الشجرة سجرة شجر شجرة شيرة
Azərbaycanca ağac
Беларуская дрэва
Български дърво
বাংলা গাছ বৃক্ষ
བོད་སྐད ཤིང
Čeština strom
Cymraeg coeden colfen pren
Dansk træ
Deutsch Baam bam Baum bem böim Gras
Ελληνικά δέντρο
Esperanto arbo
Eesti puu
Euskara arbola zuhaitz
فارسی دار درخت
Suomi puu ruoho
Vosa Vakaviti kau
Français arbre arçon
Gaeilge crann
Gàidhlig craobh
Galego árbore
ગુજરાતી ઝાડ તરુ વૃક્ષ
Hausa bishiya
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kumulāʻau
עברית אילן עץ
हिन्दी पेड़ वृक्ष
Magyar fa
Հայերեն ծառ
Bahasa Indonesia pohon
Igbo osisi
Íslenska tré
Italiano albero
ქართული ხე
Қазақша ағаш
ខ្មែរ ដើមឈើ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಮರ ವೃಕ್ಷ
한국어 나무 수형도 트리
Kurdî bêm can can çay çay fa marîhuana pom
Кыргызча дарак жыгач
Latina arbor
Lëtzebuergesch Bam
Lingála mweté
Lietuvių medis
Latviešu koks
Malagasy hazo
Te Reo Māori rākau
Македонски дрво
മലയാളം മരം വൃക്ഷം
Монгол мод
मराठी झाड वृक्ष
Bahasa Melayu pohon pokok
Malti siġra
မြန်မာဘာသာ သစ်ပင်
नेपाली रूख
Nederlands boom wiet
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଗଛ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پیڑ رکھ ਰੁੱਖ
Polski drzewo zioło
پښتو ونه
Português árvore
Română arbore copac iarbă pom
Ikinyarwanda igiti
سنڌي وڻ
සිංහල ගස
Slovenčina strom
Slovenščina drevo
Gagana Sāmoa lā'au
ChiShona muti
Soomaali geed
Shqip dru pemë
Sesotho sefate
Svenska träd
Kiswahili mti
ትግርኛ ኦም
Türkmençe agaç
Tagalog puno punongkahoy
Türkçe ağaç
ئۇيغۇرچە دەرەخ
Українська дерево
اردو پیڑ درخت
Oʻzbekcha daraxt
Tiếng Việt can cạy
Wolof garab
IsiXhosa umthi
Yorùbá igi
IsiZulu isihlahla umuthi

Examples

“Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.”
“Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.”
“B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village.”
“When we see a train trapped behind (or embedded in) a fallen tree our first thought should be 'what was it doing there anyway?' […]Trees are also responsible for numerous minor delays in autumn [due to leaves falling on the track], which rolling stock engineers are supposed to cope with as usual.”
“The banana tree is a tall perennial herb: its trunk is not woody.”
“He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.”
“He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.”
“We’ll show it as a tree list.”
“family tree; skill tree”
“I like good pussy and I like good trees / Smoke so much weed you wouldn't believe”
“Everyday man's on the block / Smoke trees (ah)”
“Whiskey with the team, got it bubblin' / I got trees in my luggage, I got tings out in London / Hope UK, what you say? Fuck is you sayin'?”
“Tyburn tree”
“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.”
“Ste[phano]. Trinculo, keepe a good tongue in your head: If you proue a mutineere, the next Tree:[…]”
“Was it for Crimes that I had done / He groan’d upon the Tree?”
“When Jesus died on that tree, he bore the awful curse of the law for us so that we might be saved.”
“Oh, that's not to say Peter's life was easy. In fact, he, too, ended up on a tree—not hung up by guilt, but crucified upside down on a cross for the sake of the One who not only hung on a tree for him, but rose and lived within him, empowering him to live a life of incredible impact and ministry.”
“Jesus was crucified on a tree to give us life.”
“Outside of Jerusalem, at Golgotha, Jesus was crucified on a tree with two other thieves because He claimed to be the king of the Jews.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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