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tree
verb
-
tree
,
treeing
,
trees
,
treed
to
chase
or
force
a
person
or
animal
up
into
a
tree
so
that
they
cannot
escape
•
The
dogs
treed
a
raccoon
behind
the
farmhouse
.
The
dogs
treed
a
raccoon
behind
the
farmhouse
.
•
If
you
keep
running
,
the
bear
might
tree
you
.
If
you
keep
running
,
the
bear
might
tree
you
.
19th-century
American
usage
,
from
the
idea
of
driving
an
animal
up
a
tree
during
a
hunt
.
litre
noun
-
litre
,
litreing
,
litres
,
litreed
A
metric
unit
of
volume
equal
to
one
cubic
decimeter
,
1
,
000
cubic
centimetres
,
or
approximately
1
.
76
imperial
pints
.
•
This
bottle
contains
one
litre
of
pure
water
.
This
bottle
contains
one
litre
of
pure
water
.
•
The
recipe
calls
for
three
litres
of
chicken
broth
.
The
recipe
calls
for
three
litres
of
chicken
broth
.
Defined
in
France
in
1795
during
the
French
Revolution
as
one
one-thousandth
of
a
cubic
metre
.
From
French
litre
,
from
Old
French
litron
(“
small
measure
of
capacity
”),
ultimately
from
Medieval
Latin
litra
(“
pound
”),
from
Ancient
Greek
λίτρα
(
lítra
).
