I Googled 'tree' on my smartphone and one of the first definitions I came across was:
Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.
That's from the 1913 edition of Webster's.
Now I'm sober, I understand what the definition is driving at - that 'tree' is sometimes used metaphorically (or perhaps I mean analogously?).
But I have to say that defining a tree as something "in the form of... a tree" does not help resolve drunken arguments. And really, what else are dictionary definitions for?
5 comments:
You guys didn't happen to explore the difference between a bush and a shrub, did you? This came up the other day.
You should have really intelligent friends to resort to a dictionary for solving their drunk debate! This is something I rarely have the luxury of being witness of =)
How would you define a tree? :)
As in he was thinking of this because he needed a whizz? Just trying to understand the motive there - intensely for shrubbery and greenery hmm suspicious
Just thinking about motive for that intensively for greenery and close to a pub hmmm needs a whizz - definately. Telling!
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