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noun

  1. English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
  2. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  3. a figure that branches from a single root"genealogical tree"

verb

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

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).