Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tree
4 senses of tree
Sense 1
corner, tree -- (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)
=> steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
Sense 2
tree -- (plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer")
=> plant, set -- (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden")
Sense 3
tree -- (chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels")
=> chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track -- (go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit")
Sense 4
tree, shoetree -- (stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)
=> elongate, stretch -- (make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric")
Antonyms of adj treed
1 sense of treed
Sense 1
at bay (predicate), cornered, trapped, treed -- (forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal")
INDIRECT (VIA unfree) -> free -- (able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice")
Similarity of adj treed
1 sense of treed
Sense 1
at bay (predicate), cornered, trapped, treed -- (forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal")
=> unfree (vs. free) -- (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)