1. Forced to turn and face attackers
   - at bay, cornered, trapped

1. [N. Amer] Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
   - corner 
2. Plant with trees
   "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" 
3. Chase an animal up a tree
   "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" 
4. Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
   - shoetree

See also: unfree

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, chase, chase after, direct, dog, elongate, give chase, go after, guide, head, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], plant, point, set, steer, stretch, tag, tail, track, trail

Encyclopedia: Tree

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