How do you use the word "tree" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "tree": A bear can climb a tree. Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.

Tree Meaning

/tɹiː/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.

nounAny other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.

Sentence Examples

A bear can climb a tree.

Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.

She climbed the tree and hid in the branches.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

corner

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The children happily climbed the giant oak ____ in the backyard every afternoon.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A massive oak ____ stands in the center of the village and provides a lot of welcome shade on hot summer days today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree PIE word *dóru From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true. Cognates Cognate with Dutch teer (“tree”), Danish, Faroese, and Scanian træ (“tree; timber, wood”), Elfdalian trai (“tree; timber, wood”), Icelandic tré (“tree; wood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tre (“tree; wood”), Swedish trä (“wood; tree”), träd (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “piece of wood”); also Breton derv (“oak”), Cornish dar (“oak”), Irish dair (“oak”), Manx darragh (“oak; oaken”), Scottish Gaelic darach (“oak”), Welsh dâr (“oak”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree; wood; spear”) (whence Greek δόρυ (dóry, “pike, spear”)), Albanian dru (“tree; wood”), Latvian darva (“tar”), Lithuanian derva (“tar; resin”), Belarusian дзе́рава (dzjérava, “tree”), дрэ́ва (dréva, “tree; wood”), Czech drvo, dřevo (“wood”), Polish drzewo (“tree; wood”), Russian де́рево (dérevo), дре́во (drévo, “tree; wood”), Serbo-Croatian др̏во, drȇvo, drijȇvo, drȋvo, dȑvo (“tree; wood”), Slovak and Slovene drevo (“tree; wood”), Ukrainian де́рево (dérevo, “tree; wood”), Armenian տարր (tarr, “element; component”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬎𐬭𐬎 (dāᵘru, “wood”), Central Kurdish and Persian دار (dâr, “tree; wood”), Northern Kurdish dar (“tree”), Zazaki dare (“tree”), Hittite 𒋫𒊒 (taru), 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (táru, “tree; wood”), Luwian 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (tāru, “wood”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B or (“wood”), Sanskrit दारु (dāru, “timber, wood”). Replaced alternative Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (see beam) and eclipsed non-native Middle English arbre, borrowed from Old French arbre.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"B. Wooster: Of all the places on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island, has chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over. They still talk about it in the village." — 1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2:

"When we see a train trapped behind (or embedded in) a fallen tree our first thought should be 'what was it doing there anyway?' […]Trees are also responsible for numerous minor delays in autumn [due to leaves falling on the track], which rolling stock engineers are supposed to cope with as usual." — 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:

"I like good pussy and I like good trees / Smoke so much weed you wouldn't believe" — 2005, “Shake That”, in Eminem, Nate Dogg (lyrics), Curtain Call: The Hits:

"Everyday man's on the block / Smoke trees (ah)" — 2017 September 22, “Man's Not Hot”performed by Big Shaq [Michael Dapaah]:

"Whiskey with the team, got it bubblin' / I got trees in my luggage, I got tings out in London / Hope UK, what you say? Fuck is you sayin'?" — 2018, “Ace”, in Room 25, performed by Noname ft. Smino & Saba:

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