tread
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verb past tense trod
past participle trodden
1 STEP IN/ON (intransitive always + adv/prep) BrE to put your foot on or in something while you are walking; step
(+ in/on): Sorry -- did I tread on your foot? | Be careful not to tread on that broken glass.
2 CRUSH
a) (T)
BrE to press or crush something into the floor or ground with your feet;
track 2 (6)
AmE: tread sth into/onto/over: Stop treading mud all over my clean kitchen floor! | Bits of the broken vase got trodden into the carpet.
b) tread grapes to crush grapes with your feet in order to produce the juice from which wine is made
3 tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc to be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation: We can't risk the talks breaking down - we'll have to tread carefully.
4 tread a path formal to take a particular action or series of actions: Anyone who makes such serious allegations is treading a very dangerous path.
5 tread water
a) to stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you were riding a bicycle
b) to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen
6 tread the boards humorous to work as an actor
7 WALK (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) literary especially BrE to walk: David trod wearily along behind the others.
—see also: step/tread on sb's toes toe 1 (3)
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noun
1 (C, U) the pattern of lines on the part of a tyre that touches the road
2 (C) the part of a stair that you put your foot on
3 (singular) the particular sound that someone makes when they walk: I could hear our father's heavy tread outside the door.
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
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Tread — Tread, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr[ a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de, Goth. trudan … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tread — Tread, v. t. 1. To step or walk on. [1913 Webster] Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. Prior. [1913 Webster] Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tread — Tread, n. 1. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread. [1913 Webster] She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tread — ► VERB (past trod; past part. trodden or trod) 1) walk in a specified way. 2) press down or crush with the feet. 3) walk on or along. ► NOUN 1) a manner or the sound of walking … English terms dictionary
tread — [tred] vt. TROD or (in tread water: see phr. below) treaded, trodden or trod or (in tread water) treaded, treading, trod [ME treden < OE tredan, akin to Ger treten < IE * dreu < base * drā, to run, step > TRAP1] 1. to walk on, in,… … English World dictionary
tread — tread; tread·er; un·tread; … English syllables
tread — [n] walk footstep, footsteps, gait, march, pace, step, stride, trace, track, tramp; concepts 149,284 tread [v] walk; bear down ambulate, crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, stamp on, step, step on,… … New thesaurus
tread — index perambulate, step Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tread on — index mistreat, spurn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tread — tread1 [tred] v past tense trod [trɔd US tra:d] past participle trodden [ˈtrɔdn US ˈtra:dn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(step in/on)¦ 2 tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc 3¦(crush)¦ 4 tread a path 5 tread water 6¦(walk)¦ 7 tread the boards ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old … Dictionary of contemporary English
tread — [[t]tre̱d[/t]] treads, treading, trod, trodden 1) VERB If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. [V on n] Oh, sorry, I didn t mean to tread on your foot... [V on n] I had white rugs on the floor, but… … English dictionary
