tree

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1. up a tree Informal In a situation of great difficulty or perplexity; helpless.

1. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.

2. A plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size.

3. Something, such as a clothes tree, that resembles a tree in form.

4. A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure.

5. A saddletree.

6. A diagram that has branches in descending lines showing relationships as of hierarchy or lineage: a family tree; a telephone tree.

7. Computer Science A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.

8. Archaic A gallows.

9. Archaic The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

1. To force up a tree: Dogs treed the raccoon.

2. Informal To force into a difficult position; corner.

3. To supply with trees: treed the field with oaks.

4. To stretch (a shoe or boot) onto a shoetree.

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