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tree
tree S1 W1 /triː/ noun [COUNTABLE] [Language : Old English; Origin : treow] 1. a very tall plant that has branches and leaves, and lives for many years: ▪ As a kid, I loved to climb trees. a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the trunk of an old oak tree (=the main central part, from which the branches grow)
2. a drawing that connects things with lines to show how they are related to each other ⇨ FAMILY TREE, CHRISTMAS TREE ⇨ top of the tree at top1(3), ⇨ it doesn’t grow on trees at grow(7), ⇨ be up a gum tree at gum tree(2) • • • THESAURUS types of tree ▪evergreen adjective an evergreen tree does not lose its leaves in winter : ▪ English ivy is evergreen and grows even during the winter. ▪deciduous adjective a deciduous tree loses its leaves in winter : ▪ The oak is deciduous, but loses its leaves late in the year. ▪conifer noun [COUNTABLE]a tree such as a pine or fir that has leaves like needles and produces cones containing seeds : ▪ The owners have planted conifers along the fence in order to reduce the traffic noise. ▪ a dwarf conifer ▪fruit tree noun [COUNTABLE]a tree that produces fruit that can be eaten : ▪ Fruit trees such as apples and pears can be pruned during the winter months. ▪sapling noun [COUNTABLE]a young tree : ▪ It's best to buy young saplings rather than fully-grown trees. areas of trees ▪copse noun [COUNTABLE]a small group of trees : ▪ a small copse of fir trees ▪woodland noun [UNCOUNTABLE]land covered with trees : ▪ the maintenance of ancient woodland ▪ woodland areas ▪wood noun [COUNTABLE](also woods) a large area with many trees : ▪ We went for a walk in the woods. ▪forest noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]a very large area with a lot of trees growing closely together : ▪ pine forests ▪ They worked as tree planters in the forests of Washington State. ▪ The forest fire was started by a discarded cigarette. ▪rainforest noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]a tropical forest with tall trees, in an area where it rains a lot : ▪ the Amazon rainforest ▪ 12 million acres of rainforest have been destroyed. ▪jungle noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]a tropical forest with trees and large plants : ▪ The wreckage of the plane was found in dense jungle. ▪ a remote jungle area material from trees ▪wood noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]the usual word for the hard material that trees are made of : ▪ They were chopping wood for the fire. ▪ The doors are made of solid wood. ▪ wood flooring ▪timber British English, lumber American English noun [UNCOUNTABLE]wood used for building and making things : ▪ a timber company ▪ softwood lumber ▪hardwood noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]strong heavy wood from trees such as oak : ▪ hardwood floors ▪ hardwoods such as teak ▪softwood noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]wood from trees such as pine and fir that is cheap and easy to cut : ▪ Most tables are made from softwood. ▪firewood noun [UNCOUNTABLE]wood that has been cut or collected in order to be burned in a fire : ▪ They collected branches that could be used for firewood.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Christmas tree (=a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas) ▪ Put the gifts under the Christmas tree. a tree loses/sheds its leaves (=the leaves come off the tree) ▪ Most trees shed their leaves in the autumn. Christmas tree family tree fruit trees ▪ a large garden with fruit trees grove...trees ▪ a small grove of beech trees gum tree palm tree phone tree pine tree plane tree tea tree oil the top...the tree (=the highest position in a profession) ▪ the groups that are currently at the top of the tree in the pop world tree line tree stump ▪ an old tree stump tree surgery tree trunk ▪ He left his bicycle leaning against a tree trunk. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE big ▪ Nomatterhow big the tree may grow, the same branching rule goes on being applied at the tips of all its twigs. ▪ They had these big old trees, too. ▪ It was still too hot so we all left the field for the shade of the big tree. ▪ Instead, here the loggers had come in and simply cut the biggest trees, leaving the rest. ▪ Children swinging on the big walnut tree. 4. ▪ Will: He had two big tree friends that could see everywhere all around. ▪ Great big trees, mountains - that sort of thing - I've got some postcards. ▪ We talked of the big trees in California. dead ▪ He would make the Britches impenetrable, tackle the dead trees and plant saplings. ▪ And with my eyes closed, I felt low sullen waters wash about a dead tree on a midnight pond. ▪ Julie fell dead beneath a tree, its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack. ▪ The official state brochure for the place had not one word about the dead trees, although I was surrounded by thern. ▪ Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2. ▪ It had been going on since 1963 and was continued despite the fact that dead trees proved to be very effective cover. ▪ I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe. ▪ Last February, a National Guard unit cut down the dead trees. large ▪ For patron-saint days in the country the table was usually prepared out of doors, in the shade of a large tree. ▪ There, during an eight-year period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, large trees began dying in rapid succession. ▪ The cat was creeping stealthily through a patch of long grass towards the foot of the largest tree. ▪ A large palo verde tree beckons as a shady retreat. ▪ All this lowland country was covered in thick bush, and large trees bordered the river and streams. ▪ Another work detail had been given the task of getting large trees to serve as the rafters for the roof. ▪ A stream flows nearby, bubbling and gurgling, and you sit beneath a large, shady tree. ▪ The seeds are everywhere, and every gust releases another great crowd from every large sugar maple tree. old ▪ She stared at the winter world through every aspect of this old tree. ▪ Directly ahead, a pair of stately old coconut trees burst into flame. ▪ Mr Preston had recently cleared out his old trees and planted new young ones. ▪ How old are the old trees of the Ancient Forest? ▪ We stand like three old trees in winter, quivering in the gloom. ▪ One summer night we sat outside under the gnarled 100-year-\\#old trees and talked while his mom finished fixing dinner. ▪ And old people, like gnarled old trees, attracted him. ▪ Here was a natural progression of young trees, old trees, and decaying fallen trees. olive ▪ The chemistry lab carefully hidden under two olive trees. ▪ Tom Kitain to its freshly dug grave by a grove of olive and cypress trees. ▪ The Chianti region is full of hills clad with ancient groves of silver-leaved olive trees. ▪ The river banks changed from jagged rock with little vegetation to luscious green slopes covered with olive trees. ▪ The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name. ▪ And they would never use anything other than olive oil from the nearest olive tree, and red wine vinegar. ▪ There was a grove of olive trees opposite the shop, on the other side of the main road. ▪ The biggest tragedy is in respect of the rooting out of thousands of olive trees, many of them ancient. small ▪ The hedges are small trees that were planted very close together. ▪ I increased my speed toward him, but only to hastily reach a small maple tree next to the road between us. ▪ The slope was covered with white and yellow wild flowers, and near to the house was a cluster of small trees. ▪ I was so happy when I was able to have two beautiful small trees. ▪ He chose small trees because he wanted them cleared. ▪ Riker flew to the lone hill covered with tall brown grass and a few small trees. ▪ And then I lost him among the boulders and small trees that marked the course of the torrent. ▪ As a result of this phenomenon, the woods walker is actually more aware of the smaller trees. tall ▪ There were tall trees here and there on either side, oak and sycamore and ash and occasionally a sweet chestnut. ▪ With three air-force pilots along for the ride, James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees. ▪ So these early groups used the newly-acquired strength of their stems to grow very tall and become trees. ▪ Both sides of the stream were sandy and lined with big, tall palm trees. ▪ Many of the country roads are lined on either side with tall trees, at times breathtakingly beautiful. ▪ The valley was scrubby here: elephant grass, occasional tall trees, and dry rice paddies. ▪ Protected by high pearl-grey walls, the Palace is set in spacious grounds with many tall trees. ▪ In addition, date farmers are finding they can make good money by selling their tallest trees to landscapers. wrong ▪ The sound had only been Isaac, but as Alan turned, he saw what was wrong with the trees. ▪ However, those who advocate a federal takeover of workers' compensation are barking up the wrong tree. ▪ In retrospect it now seems that both camps were barking up the wrong tree. ▪ They have maybe barked up the wrong tree. ▪ People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree. ▪ Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree? ▪ There was definitely something wrong with those trees ahead. ▪ Can't help thinking that they are on the right track and it's we who are barking up the wrong tree. young ▪ The deer were to be removed, because they ate young trees and crops. ▪ The young almond trees were crotch deep in river water. ▪ They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees. ▪ From there you do not hear the rustling of the few remaining dry beech leaves on young trees. ▪ Hope and youthful energy rose up in her again, like leaves on a young tree in spring. ▪ The snags offer safe nesting sites for birds, as thousands of young trees and plants sprout up on the surrounding riverbank. ▪ Avoid accidents with the strimmer by protecting young trees with plastic tubes or weed by hand. ▪ Everywhere the tops of the shoots of the young trees were browsed off. NOUN apple ▪ Presently he stopped and sat under the apple tree. ▪ I know she likes the blossoms of the apple trees in the twilight, but they are long gone. ▪ The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens. ▪ Ash and sugar maple trees were shooting up among the apple trees in the remorseless struggle for light. ▪ And horseshoes and croquet and a grape arbor and apple trees? ▪ The apple trees covered the whole orchard and were very close together, most of their branches touching each other. ▪ That was how he got the idea about the apple trees for his story. cherry ▪ From high noon to sundown we blazed and buzzed like hot island bees on sweet cherry trees. ▪ Across the field the bloom of the cherry tree, under which they had sat that morning, hung sodden and spoiled. ▪ There were 20 to 30 wild cherry trees, most about 20m tall. ▪ It was very windy and one of the new sightscreens had blown over, destroying an ornamental cherry tree. ▪ The garden was his domain; he had his rabbits to feed and the birds to admonish for ravaging his cherry trees. ▪ Peach and cherry trees are out in blossom, and we've seen quite a few birds. ▪ Death raced downstairs and out the front door to look in the baby carriage under the cherry tree. ▪ The cherry tree was coming into blossom, encouraged by the unseasonably warm sunshine. chestnut ▪ The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree, gazing out over the estuary. ▪ He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle. ▪ Ahead now was a road junction shaded by two big chestnut trees. ▪ She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees, which were already showing the first flecks of green. ▪ She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees. ▪ In minutes you can leave the sea for chestnut trees and olive groves. ▪ He watched the turn in the road by the chestnut trees. ▪ Rose and Dieter were watching from the shade of a chestnut tree, chatting in low voices and giggling. christmas ▪ All that glitters may not be gold, but these decorations would add elegance and sparkle to any Christmas tree. ▪ The house was lit like a Christmas tree and shaped like a gigantic igloo. ▪ We've got our own Christmas tree to see to. ▪ Who would want a tumbleweed for a Christmas tree in a home resting among evergreens? ▪ We had a big Christmas tree once - ages ago, it was. ▪ Prevent pine-needle fall-out from covering your floors when removing your Christmas tree. ▪ They've switched the Christmas tree lights off, but apart from that, the station's pretty light. ▪ O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree / How brightly shine thy candles. family ▪ By the 1870s Darwinians were using diagrams showing hypothetical family trees to account for relationships among species. ▪ Perhaps you can give me some help on the family tree. ▪ But after the revolution, many family trees were destroyed or forgotten, especially in the cities. ▪ The Arellanos have drug smuggling in their family tree. ▪ There also are successful family trees that grow both vertically and horizontally. ▪ Not only did the gods have family trees, they also had family squabbles. ▪ Her family tree included a former prime minister and the governor of Tokyo. forest ▪ Cairns itself is a spacious city with large areas of grass under low spreading forest trees and tall Alexander palms. ▪ Maybe I should draw those of other forest trees and bushes to go with these. ▪ There are oleander bushes and flame of the forest trees. ▪ And does the demise of the dogwood have some sort of larger meaning for the forest trees with which it associates? ▪ No forest trees could regrow naturally in these areas. ▪ A maple seed is heavy in comparison to the seeds of some forest trees. ▪ Drought resulted in decreased root growth and slower breakdown of soil litter, an important source of magnesium for forest trees. ▪ They are compelled to do this because most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap. fruit ▪ Also left are useful fruit trees, which are thus under selective pressures. ▪ I mention this to Yacouba and suggest his committee should consider planting acacia and fruit trees instead of eucalyptus. ▪ The fruit tree man grabbed us and hauled us through a jungle of fruit trees. ▪ Now, fruit trees are sprayed to cure their diseases, and salmon farmers use drugs by the sack. ▪ The fruit tree man grabbed us and hauled us through a jungle of fruit trees. ▪ Julie ambled happily down the long immaculate front lawn, bordered on each side by miniature fruit trees. ▪ The fruit tree man is an old hippie. line ▪ Leaving Okawi and Beruna, Miles turned away from the village and padded silently across the beach to the tree line. ▪ It was so dark he could barely make out the tree line on the distant shore. ▪ Orange trees line the avenues and palm trees flank its promenade. ▪ I could see the muzzle flashes in the tree line fifty yards away, which blocked our take-off path. ▪ I went back along with him to check the path was the tree line route to the falls. ▪ After a thirty-second pause to let us load up, Shaker took off over the forward tree line. ▪ Adam landed in the clearing between the tree line and the wall. ▪ We broke through the tree line from the north. maple ▪ Golden eyes looked at him from among the leaves of the yellow maple tree where Peach sat cleverly camouflaged. ▪ Ash and sugar maple trees were shooting up among the apple trees in the remorseless struggle for light. ▪ The practical problem, Marvin told me, was that he is no longer able to improve his maple tree stands. ▪ I increased my speed toward him, but only to hastily reach a small maple tree next to the road between us. ▪ They grooved the bark of the maple trees, nearly ringing the trees to get the sap out. ▪ But splashes of red are starting to show here and there on a few scattered red maple trees. ▪ Porcupines live there now, the ones who gnaw scars on to the maple trees. ▪ The maple tree beside me is 99 percent dead. oak ▪ And tied around the oak tree was the largest yellow ribbon I'd yet seen. ▪ A willow oak tree grows at the edge of this patio. ▪ The branching pattern of an oak tree or an apple tree looks complex, but it really isn't. ▪ Several hundred acres of rustling, wind-blown grass swept over our feet and under scattered oak trees. ▪ Earlier that morning I had awoken lying on the grass underneath an oak tree in Regent's Park. ▪ Women and children were lined up in a half-circle facing an old, perfectly formed oak tree. ▪ We lose a sense of an owl being an owl, a duck being duck, an oak being an oak tree. ▪ There was the old familiar smell of the oak tree shade. palm ▪ See the magnificent church of St. Mary, surrounded by small white houses set amongst palm trees and stunted eucalyptus. ▪ Ultimately, the cornfields of Lawrence won out over the palm trees of Westwood. ▪ AWI2.tif I've copied the small group of palm trees, and pasted the image in further along the beach. ▪ He found half a dozen fishermen seated under the palm trees at the foot of the Co-operative quay. ▪ Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees, was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day. ▪ The pool is enclosed by the bungalows, palm trees and bushes and is a real suntrap. ▪ Curious palm trees dot the scene, and the background is immense and desolate, as in Martin's paintings. pine ▪ Through the cool and shady pine trees, there is a private beach with bar. ▪ In the distance he saw a rabbit shivering under a pine tree. ▪ To their right the moon, smoky and yellow in thin night cloud, stood over a clump of distant pine trees. ▪ The scientists injected the fungus into young pine trees, which were then placed in pots. ▪ In fact, both were deposited many millions of years before the first pine tree grew on earth. ▪ He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years. ▪ The hill feels peaceful in spite of tourists: it's surrounded by fragrant pine trees and deafeningly noisy with cicadas. ▪ The heat has melted the sap in the pine trees, and the dampness carries that bright smell. plane ▪ It was a beautiful cloudless morning and the canopies of the plane trees were lush and transparently golden with sunlight. ▪ It faces out toward Dodge Hall, across gracious grounds of hedged walks and great plane trees. ▪ She walked along to the little café, where at least the umbrellas and the plane trees gave some shade. ▪ The harbour quay, shaded by plane trees and filled with tables, is the village social centre. ▪ There, in the secret shade of the plane tree. ▪ Sun shone, warm breezes blew, and the plane trees behind the Cages grew greener and more leafy with each hour. ▪ Or the nannies and the nursemaids who lately pushed their prams up and down, and gossiped under the plane trees? stump ▪ The elder female sank down on a tree stump to rest, fanning herself with her hand. ▪ Clearing two acres of tree stumps so a garden could be planted in the spring. ▪ Alligator saw; a tree stump chipper; and even a bouncy castle! ▪ They said they brought the tree stump to Riggs' office as a symbol of protest. ▪ His left leg was almost severed when it was caught in the whirling blade of a tree stump cutter. ▪ We were going to the thick grove of woods with the carved tree stumps in its center. trunk ▪ He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away, consulting his compass and studying the map intently. ▪ Hiding in the swamp, Sammler lay under a tree trunk, in the mud, under scum. ▪ Unfortunately, the Brownsea red squirrels are also nervous; generally they get behind a tree trunk when they hear people approach. ▪ A mourning cloak butterfly flew up from a tree trunk in the sunshine where it was basking. ▪ I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord's arms holding up the whole Church. ▪ In addition, the tree trunks are ringed with bright green growths at their bases. ▪ Tail square, but may appear forked when pressed against tree trunk. ▪ Gao Yang screamed, too, and banged his head against the tree trunk. VERB climb ▪ But once we had to walk all day and climb great trees for just one honey comb. ▪ Last evening I climbed my observation tree to survey the fall panorama one last time. ▪ They make me grub for lily-roots and climb trees for honey. ▪ Large-muscle coordination comes from riding bikes and climbing trees, not from watching junk food commercials where other kids play and run. ▪ Marian insisted on climbing the tree herself and was up there some time. ▪ I climbed a chestnut tree and got a good shot of them together. ▪ Protestors had climbed lime trees in a desperate bid to stop them being destroyed. ▪ That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time. cut ▪ But every time I wanted a piece of wood, I had to cut down a tree. ▪ It could cut a tree in half if it was two or three football fields away. ▪ When we got to Donoghue's Cross the road was cut and trees knocked. ▪ At 500 feet I crossed a swath cut through the trees that formed the northern perimeter of the camp. ▪ Male speaker Neolithic man would have used an axe to cut the trees. ▪ Paul cut the trees and Babe hauled them. ▪ Take away all the stones. Cut down all the trees. ▪ Instead, here the loggers had come in and simply cut the biggest trees, leaving the rest. fall ▪ Outside, another blossom fell from a tree, to join the others on the pavement. ▪ Clearly, the life of the forest depends on its fallen trees. ▪ The leaves fell from the trees. ▪ Atop the charred ground, white ash marks the shadows of fallen trees that burned so hot they disintegrated. ▪ What saddens the local population are the fallen trees. ▪ He had been so charmed that he almost fell out of the tree like a drunken bird. ▪ As a youngster, you used to train by punching raindrops as they fell off a tree branch. ▪ All the old rotten stumps and decaying fallen trees are clothed in their green. grow ▪ And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful. ▪ It grew into a magnificent tree with a massive trunk and spacious canopy. ▪ He said writing was like a growing tree. ▪ Using natural ingredients, which tend to grow on trees round here, they are both water resistant. ▪ Weedy thickets and tall grass grew under occasional trees. ▪ The lake grows fish as prolifically as its bed once grew the trees of a dense jungle. ▪ In many places, buds grow on trees. plant ▪ I mention this to Yacouba and suggest his committee should consider planting acacia and fruit trees instead of eucalyptus. ▪ And why do they plant a tree that is useless for everything except cooking fires? ▪ Another serious problem for environmentalists is the type of tree and forest planted. ▪ There are, however, genuine stories of idealists recreating a forest environment by planting trees in the thousands. ▪ When planting new trees in your garden, make sure that you know what the mature heights are likely to be. ▪ The area was cleaned up by student volunteers and local scouts planted trees in parts of the Sanctuary. ▪ The reforestation programme, targeting to plant 7.5 million trees over a seven year period, is on its way. ▪ Los Angeles announced it would plant five million trees, and 113 other cities followed suit with their own ReLeaf programs. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES bark up the wrong tree ▪ You're barking up the wrong tree if you think Sam can help you. ▪ Can't help thinking that they are on the right track and it's we who are barking up the wrong tree. ▪ Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree? ▪ However, those who advocate a federal takeover of workers' compensation are barking up the wrong tree. ▪ In retrospect it now seems that both camps were barking up the wrong tree. ▪ People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree. ▪ They have maybe barked up the wrong tree. be up a gum tree it/money doesn't grow on trees not see the wood for the trees not see the wood for the trees petrified wood/trees etc ▪ Books and posters, shirts and sweatshirts and pounds of petrified wood spilled from the storage areas. ▪ It may be more similar to the way that petrified wood is created. ▪ It moved aside the earth and found the petrified wood that was the heart in the forest. ▪ Their L-shaped living rooms were graced by open fireplaces, with the latest shapes in petrified wood adorning the mantelpieces. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ It's a beautiful park, with a pond and large trees. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was tall and thick as a tree. ▪ Lightning or high winds can knock branches or whole trees on to power lines, cutting the electricity to an entire neighborhood. ▪ The pressure on trees differs between regions. ▪ Their motel was off from the main thoroughfare, protected by trees and woodsy seclusion.
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