treed

[ treed ]

adjective

1. planted with trees; wooded:

   a treed hillside.

2. driven up a tree:

   a treed animal.

3. fitted with trees:

   treed boots.

Other Words From

• un·treed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of treed¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tree + -ed ³

Example Sentences

We ski Back of Bell, the Ridge of Bell, the Dumps, all the steep, treed shots of deep snow that funnel back down to the bottom.

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He certainly has not treed, there is neither earth nor hollow to hide him, and yet the scent has gone!

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Once we tried to walk on the ground, but were treed by a miserable hyena, who followed along underneath.

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They pranced around the mast and showered me with oaths, for all the world like a lot of howling dogs which had treed a cat.

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First a scorching, then put to soak, after which comes another hot experience, and now treed by a flood!

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From the cedars rang the thrilling, blending chorus of bays that told of a treed lion.

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Related Words

• forested