shoehorn vs tree

shoehorn

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

tree

noun
  • A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. 

  • Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). 

  • The fifth Lenormand card. 

  • A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children. 

  • An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms. 

  • The structural frame of a saddle. 

  • A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges. 

  • A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right. 

  • Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices. 

  • The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding. 

  • A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. 

  • Marijuana. 

  • A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. 

verb
  • To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. 

  • To place in a tree. 

  • To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree. 

  • To take refuge in a tree. 

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