Word Frequency
tread (trɛd
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Definitions
verb
Word forms: treads, treading, trod, trodden, trod
- to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
- when intr, foll by on to crush or squash by or as if by treading ⇒
to tread grapes
,to tread on a spider
- intr sometimes foll by on to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to) ⇒
to tread on one's inferiors
- tr to do by walking or dancing ⇒
to tread a measure
- tr (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird)
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See tread lightly
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See tread water
noun
- a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc ⇒
a light tread
- the act of treading
- the top surface of a step in a staircase
- the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
- the part of a rail that wheels touch
- the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground
- (veterinary science) an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse
- a rare word for footprint
Derived Forms
ˈtreader nounWord Origin
Old English tredan; related to Old Norse trotha , Old High German tretan, Swedish trädaTranslations for 'tread'
- British English: tread If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.trɛd VERBstand
- Arabic: يَدوسُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pisar
- Chinese: 踩踏
- Croatian: gaziti
- Czech: šlápnout šlapat na něco
- Danish: træde
- Dutch: treden
- European Spanish: pisar
- Finnish: astua
- French: piétiner
- German: treten
- Greek: βαδίζω
- Italian: camminare
- Japanese: 踏む
- Korean: 밟다
- Norwegian: tråkke
- Polish: kroczyć
- Portuguese: pisar
- Romanian: a călca
- Russian: ступать
- Spanish: pisar
- Swedish: trampa
- Thai: เหยียบ
- Turkish: basmakayak
- Ukrainian: наступати наступити
- Vietnamese: giẫm lên
- British English: tread The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping. NOUNThe fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
- Brazilian Portuguese: sulco
- Chinese: > 花纹鞋底或轮胎上的> 花纹紋
- European Spanish: dibujo
- French: bande de roulementN
- German: Profil
- Italian: battistradadi pneumatico
- Japanese: 溝形模様
- Korean: > 접지 면타이어 등의
- Portuguese: sulco
- Spanish: dibujo
- British English: tread If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way. VERBIf you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with.behave cautiously
- Brazilian Portuguese: pisar
- Chinese: > 小心应对鞋底或轮胎上的> 小心应<TRAD>應</TRAD>对<TRAD>對</TRAD>紋
- European Spanish: comportarse
- French: avancer
- German: gehen
- Italian: procedere
- Japanese: 振舞う
- Korean: 조심스럽게 움직이다
- Portuguese: pisar
- Spanish: comportarse
Example Sentences Including 'tread'
A northerner has stepped into the breach where southerners feared to tread.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
Both in the Government and in the uf Steering Committee, he has tread on several toes.India Today (1996)
Either way, the path Nhia was to tread remained opaque to her.THE SECRETS OF JIN-SHEI (2004)
He landed heavily on the yacht's fibreglass deck, its anti-skid tread grating his face.Cormorant
IT'S THE PITTS Ian Moran has to tread more carefully than any of the other 30 NHL players association reps.Toronto Sun (2003)
It was funny hearing our combined tread on the creaking steps.RESCUING ROSE (2002)
The losers will have to tread the longer road to qualification, which could stretch a further four matches down the line.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The report showed Parliamentary Services staff " tread a fine line" in their job, he said.New Zealand Herald (2004)
Wesley knew it intimately: the tyre tread , the number plate, the small indentation on the door --- passenger side.BEHINDLINGS (2002)
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