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tree

  1. A lairge plant, nae exactly defined, but teepically ower fower meters in hicht, wi a single trunk which growes in girst with age and brainches (that an aa grow in circumference wi age).

Tree

  1. Tae support wi timmer or props.

Inglis

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Etymology

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Frae Middle Inglis tree, tre, treo, treou, trew, trow, frae Old English trēo, trēow (tree, wid, timmer, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood), frae Proto-Germanic *trewą (tree, wid), frae pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative o Proto-Indo-European *dóru (tree). Template:Rel-top Frae the same Proto-Indo-European: Scots tree (wid, rod, stick), North Frisian tre, trä (tree), Middle Dutch tree > Dutch teer (tree), Dens træ (tree), Swadish trä (wood), träd (tree), Norse tre (tree), Icelandic tré (tree), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, tree, wid, piece o wid), Albanie dru (tree, wood), Welsh dâr (oaks), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, wood, spear), Russian де́рево (dérevo) or дре́во (drévo), Tocharian A or. Relatit tae tar, true. Template:Rel-bottom

Pronunciation

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Tree (plural Trees or (obsolete) treen)

  1. tree

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See an aa

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Tree (third-person singular simple present Trees, present participle Treeing, simple past an past participle Treed)

  1. (transitive) Tae chase (an ainimal or person) up a tree.

Stateestics

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Pronunciation

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Tree m (plural treeën or Trees, diminutive treetje n)

  1. stap (o a stair)

Anagrams

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North Frisian

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Etymology

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Frae Old Frisian thrē.

Numeral

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Tree

  1. (Heligoland) three