ALL meanings of up a tree
up a tree
U u - noun up a tree a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 1
- noun up a tree any of various shrubs, bushes, and plants, as the banana, resembling a tree in form and size. 1
- noun up a tree something resembling a tree in shape, as a clothes tree or a crosstree. 1
- noun up a tree Mathematics, Linguistics. tree diagram. 1
- noun up a tree family tree. 1
- noun up a tree a pole, post, beam, bar, handle, or the like, as one forming part of some structure. 1
- noun up a tree a shoetree or boot tree. 1
- noun up a tree a saddletree. 1
- noun up a tree a treelike group of crystals, as one forming in an electrolytic cell. 1
- noun up a tree a gallows or gibbet. 1
- noun up a tree the cross on which Christ was crucified. 1
- noun up a tree Computers. a data structure organized like a tree whose nodes store data elements and whose branches represent pointers to other nodes in the tree. 1
- noun up a tree Christmas tree. 1
- verb with object up a tree to drive into or up a tree, as a pursued animal or person. 1
- verb with object up a tree Informal. to put into a difficult position. 1
- verb with object up a tree to stretch or shape on a tree, as a boot. 1
- verb with object up a tree to furnish (a structure) with a tree. 1
- idioms up a tree up a tree, Informal. in a difficult or embarrassing situation; at a loss; stumped. 1
- adverb up a tree stuck, in a difficult predicament 1
- preposition up a tree (Idiomatic) (dated) In or into a disadvantaged or difficult situation; at a loss; cornered. 0
- noun up a tree in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped 0
- noun up a tree in a situation without escape; cornered 0