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Scots

A tree structur

Noon

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).

Verb

Tree

  1. Tae support wi timmer or props.

Inglis

Etymology

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

Noon

Tree (plural Trees or (obsolete) treen)

  1. tree

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Synonyms

See an aa

Verb

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.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. stap (o a stair)

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North Frisian

Etymology

Frae Old Frisian thrē.

Numeral

Tree

  1. (Heligoland) three