treed
/trid/
adjective
- Forced to climb a tree and unable to get down, especially of an animal being hunted.
- The raccoon was treed by the neighbor's dog.
- The hunter's hounds had the fox treed in a tall pine.
- The cat got treed and had to be rescued by the fire department.
- In a difficult situation with no easy escape; cornered.
- When the boss asked about the missing report, I was treed.
- The politician felt treed by the reporter's tough questions.
- He was treed by his own lies and had to confess.
verb
- Past tense of tree: to force (an animal or person) to climb a tree for safety or escape.
- The hunters treed a bear and waited for it to come down.
- The dogs treed the squirrel in the backyard.
- The cat treed a bird but then lost interest.