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  • v  force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
  • v  plant with trees
    this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer
  • v  chase an animal up a tree
    the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it
  • v  stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
  • s  forced to turn and face attackers

  • Perhaps New Hampshire proves that Truman is already treed on Kefauver's television antenna.
  • Good hounds will keep the big cats treed for half a day until the hunter catches up.
  • Casteil Hamlett, treed with a Masai warrior.
News & Articles

  • OBHS On Wool: Then And Now
    Who’s Wearing My Wool? was the theme of an afternoon spent revisiting Colonial America under the dappled shade of the treed lawn of the Oyster Bay Historical Society. The June 29th afternoon featured demonstrations of wool as it was spun into yarn as done over the centuries, as well as the newest in fiber, along with lessons in finger knitting. It is a great way to get a sense of what happens in ...
    July 11, 2013 - Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot
  • Sinkhole opens in Blount County yard
    Heavy rain caused many trees to uproot in East Tennessee, but in a Louisville yard an uprooted treed reveal a bigger problem. A growing sink hole appeared Sunday in the Wilson's yard on Light Pink Road.
    July 8, 2013 - WATE 6 Knoxville
  • Portsmouth police log: July 5-6
    5:55 p.m. - Received a report of a raccoon stuck up in a tree on Union Street. The caller reported the raccoon was hissing. The caller was told that was normal behavior for a treed raccoon and if it got out of the tree and acted strange, to call back.
    July 7, 2013 - Portsmouth Herald
Quotes

  • Les Stroud in USA Today
    I've been treed by a bull moose and chased by a jaguar. I'm going to put my encounters with the great white shark up there, even though they don't have that same aggression factor as land animals. But it doesn't matter. They're awe-inspiring,...
  • Joe Pantalone in Toronto Star
    These trees unfortunately have to die in order that, forever more, this land can be safe for kids to play in,Pantalone said. "Ten years from now, it will be well treed again, except in clean soil where kids will be able to play without any...
  • Glenn in New York Times
    I thought the dogs had treed a lion, but when I went to look, it was a jaguar,Mr. Glenn said in an interview at his Malpai Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., where his office is decorated with poster-size photos of jaguars and the occasional plastic...

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