Dictionary

1. (

• corner ,
• tree

) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape ;

2. (

• tree ,

) plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" ;

3. (

• tree

) chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" ;

4. (

• tree ,
• shoetree

) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree ;

1. (

• at_bay ,
• 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" ;