tree (noun) | direct (noun) |
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
a figure that branches from a single root |
tree (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | |
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | |
(of a current) flowing in one direction only | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence | |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact |
tree (verb) | direct (verb) |
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | command with authority |
plant with trees | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal |
chase an animal up a tree | guide the actors in (plays and films) |
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | govern or manage |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
put an address on (an envelope) | |
plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
tree (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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without deviation |