If you ~ a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
Sometimes they have to ~ a tree for firewood.
= cut down
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you ~ a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
Sometimes they have to ~ a tree for firewood.
= cut down
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012