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tree
English
Etymology
From Middle English tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English tr?o, tr?ow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trew? (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t?i?/, [t???????i?]
- (General American) enPR: tr?, IPA(key): /t?i/, [t??????i]
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophone: three (with th-stopping)
Noun
tree (plural trees or (obsolete) treen)
- A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage.
- 1992 April 5, "The Full House", Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
- 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.
- 1992 April 5, "The Full House", Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:
- Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
- An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
- A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
- The structural frame of a saddle.
- (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n?1 edges.
- (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
- (graphical user interface) 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.
- Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
- The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
- (in the plural, slang) Marijuana.
- (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
- (obsolete) Wood; timber.
- In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth.
- (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
- (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
- (uncountable, mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- plant
- (in graph theory): graph
Hyponyms
- See also Category:en:Trees
Meronyms
Derived terms
Proverbs
- money doesn't grow on trees
- see the forest for the trees
Descendants
- Jamaican Creole: chrii
Translations
See also
- Thesaurus:tree
- Category:Trees
- arboreal
References
- Tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
tree (third-person singular simple present trees, present participle treeing, simple past and past participle treed)
- (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
- 1897, Henry Howard et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Sport, London: Lawrence & Bullen, Volume I, p. 599,[2]
- When hunted it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.
- 1897, Henry Howard et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Sport, London: Lawrence & Bullen, Volume I, p. 599,[2]
- (transitive) To place in a tree.
- Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
- (transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
- 1930, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Chapter 14, p. 165,[3]
- Two suits and an overcoat hung in the closet over three pairs of carefully treed shoes.
- 1930, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Chapter 14, p. 165,[3]
- (intransitive) To take refuge in a tree.
Translations
Anagrams
- reet, rete, teer
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch tree, syncopic form of trede, from Middle Dutch trede. Equivalent to a deverbal from treden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tr???/
Noun
tree (plural treë)
- step (single act of placing the foot when walking)
- yard (unit of length)
Dutch
Alternative forms
- trede
Etymology
From syncope of trede, from Middle Dutch trede. Equivalent to a deverbal from treden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tre?/, [tre?], [tre??]
- Hyphenation: tree
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
tree m (plural treden or treeën or trees, diminutive treetje n)
- step (of a staircase), stair
- step (distance of one step when walking)
- (archaic, also tred) a unit of length of about 2 to 3 feet, roughly equivalent to a yard
Derived terms
- traptree
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tree
Anagrams
- eert, eter, reet, teer, tere
Manx
Alternative forms
- three
Etymology
From Old Irish trí, from Proto-Celtic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?ri?/
Numeral
tree
- three
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “trí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
Noun
tree
- Alternative form of tre
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian thr?.
Numeral
tree
- (Heligoland) three
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ferry
English
Etymology
From Middle English ferien (“to carry, convey, convey in a boat”), from Old English ferian (“to carry, convey, bear, bring, lead, conduct, betake oneself to, be versed in, depart, go”), from Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjan? (“to make or let go, transfer, ferry”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring or carry over, transfer, pass through”).
Cognate with German dialectal feren, fähren (“to row, sail”), Danish færge (“to ferry”), Swedish färja (“to ferry”), Icelandic ferja (“to ferry”), Old Norse ferja. Related to fare.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??i/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /?f???/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -??i
- Homophone: fairy (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Hyphenation: fer?ry
Verb
ferry (third-person singular simple present ferries, present participle ferrying, simple past and past participle ferried)
- (transitive) To carry; transport; convey.
- Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
- 2007, Rick Bass, The Lives of Rocks:
- We ferried our stock in U-Haul trailers, and across the months, as we purchased more cowflesh from the Goat Man — meat vanishing into the ether again and again, as if into some quarkish void — we became familiar enough with Sloat and his daughter to learn that her name was Flozelle, and to visit with them about matters other than stock.
- (transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
- (transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
Noun
ferry (plural ferries)
- A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
- A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
- 1809, Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
- to row us o'er the ferry
- c. 1900, O. Henry, The Ferry of Unfulfilment:
- She walked into the waiting-room of the ferry, and up the stairs, and by a marvellous swift, little run, caught the ferry-boat that was just going out.
- 1809, Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
- The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- boat
- ship
Anagrams
- Freyr, Fryer, fryer, refry
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English ferry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.?i/
Noun
ferry m (plural ferries or ferrys)
- ferry
Derived terms
- car-ferry
Spanish
Alternative forms
- ferri
Etymology
From English ferry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?feri/, [?fe.ri]
Noun
ferry m (plural ferrys or ferries)
- ferry
- Synonyms: transbordador, trasbordador
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