"treed" in the verb sense

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

"treed" in the adjective sense

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"

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