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Tree Triː Oak Plant Small Noun Bre Chop/Cut

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Phonetic BrE / triː / NAmE / triː /
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  • an oak tree
  • to plant a tree
  • to chop/cut down a tree
  • they followed a path through the trees.
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tree

(noun)BrE / triː / NAmE / triː /
  1. a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden trunk from which branches grow, usually with leaves on them
    • compare bush
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bush
    • an oak tree
    • to plant a tree
    • to chop/cut down a tree
    • They followed a path through the trees.
  2. a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)
  3. in the highest position or rank in a profession or career
  4. to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve something
    • You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.
  5. to be behaving in a crazy or stupid way, perhaps because of drugs or alcohol
    • See related entries: Describing strange traits
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_strange_traits/tree_1
  6. used to tell somebody not to use something or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it
  7. to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details
  8. to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details
  9. Extra Examples

    • A fallen tree was blocking the road.
    • An enormous oak tree stands at the entrance to the school.
    • He bought tools and seeds with the aim of setting up a tree nursery.
    • It was a small town of dust lanes and wide shade trees.
    • Palm trees line the broad avenue.
    • Protesters formed a human blockade to stop loggers felling trees.
    • The cat got stuck up a tree.
    • The floods left a tide of mud and uprooted trees.
    • The forest can be dated by studying tree rings.
    • The tree belt around the fields acts as a windbreak.
    • The tree produces tiny white blossoms.
    • Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.
    • Trees swayed gently in the breeze.
    • We sat beneath a shady tree.
    • We sat under a tree, in the shade.
    • a bird in a tree
    • a gnarled old apple tree
    • dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy
    • fruit on a tree
    • tree damage caused by acid rain

    Word Origin

    • Old English trēow, trēo: from a Germanic variant of an Indo-European root shared by Greek doru ‘wood, spear’, drus ‘oak’.
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