n.
woody plant with a trunk
1) to grow; plant a ~
2) to prune, trim a ~
3) to chop down, cut down, fell a ~
4) to uproot a ~ (the gale uprooted several ~s)
5) a Christmas; shade ~
6) a ~ grows
7) in; on a ~ (monkeys live in ~s; fruit grows on ~s)
8) ( misc. ) to climb a ~; ( colloq. ) up a ~ ( AE ), up a gum ~ ( BE ) ('stymied'); to bark up the wrong ~ ('to be mistaken')
something resembling a ~
9) a family, genealogical ~
10) a clothes; shoe ~