Tra từ tree - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tree [tree trees treed treeing] BrE [triː] NAmE [triː] noun

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
•an oak tree
•to plant a tree
•to chop/cut down a tree
• They followed a path through the trees.
compare ↑bush, ↑shrub
see also ↑bay tree, ↑Christmas tree, ↑family tree, ↑gum tree, ↑plane tree
more at the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree at ↑apple _n., be barking up the wrong tree at ↑bark _v., not see the forest for the trees at ↑forest, it/money doesn't grow on trees at ↑grow, at the top of the tree at ↑top _n., not see the wood for the trees at ↑wood
Idiom: ↑out of your tree

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

Collocations:
The living world
Animals
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth)
fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
insects/bees/locusts swarm
bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
spiders spin/weave a web
snakes/lizards shed their skins
bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
attract/find/choose a mate
produce/release eggs/sperm
lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
mark/enter/defend (a) territory
stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
Plants and fungi
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
a seed germinates/sprouts
leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
flower buds swell/open
a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth
pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
produce/bear fruit
develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
Bacteria and viruses
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth
bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease
bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth)
a virus enters/invades sth/the body
a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
contain/carry/harbour (especially US) harbor bacteria/a virus
kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria

Example Bank:
•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