tree in WordNet English dictionary

1. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
   corner  tree 
   
2. stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
   tree  shoetree 
   
3. chase an animal up a tree
   "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
   tree 
   
4. plant with trees
   "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
   tree 
   

1. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   tree 
   
2. a figure that branches from a single root
   "genealogical tree"
   tree  tree diagram