beam tree
71beam — 01. The deer stood frozen in the [beam] of our car s headlights. 02. A beautiful warm sun [beamed] down on the children playing in the park. 03. The Olympic Games are [beamed] by satellite to almost every country in the world. 04. The [beams] in… …
72tree — [[t]tri[/t]] n. v. treed, tree•ing 1) bot a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usu. developing branches at some distance from the ground 2) pln any of various shrubs, bushes, and… …
73tree — /tri / (say tree) noun 1. a perennial plant having a permanent, woody, self supporting main stem or trunk, usually growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …
74Beam — A tree, as in hornbeam and * whitebeam . Beam was used as a synonym for the Cross. Cf. Tree …
75beam — [OE] In Old English times the word bēam (like modern German baum) meant ‘tree’ – a signification preserved in tree names such as hornbeam and whitebeam. But already before the year 1000 the extended meanings we are familiar with today – ‘piece of …
76beam — [OE] In Old English times the word bēam (like modern German baum) meant ‘tree’ – a signification preserved in tree names such as hornbeam and whitebeam. But already before the year 1000 the extended meanings we are familiar with today – ‘piece of …
77tree snake — ▪ reptile any of a number of arboreal serpents, primarily of the family Colubridae. They prey on birds and on arboreal lizards and frogs. The green tree snakes of northern South America and Central America include the slender, broad headed… …
78tree — trÉªË n. plant with wood stem from which branches grow at some height above the ground; bush or shrub similar in appearance to a tree; pole, beam v. force to climb on a tree; put in a difficult situation; put a shoe on a shoetree …
79Abaft the beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …
80Before the beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …
