Tread

[tred] or [trɛd]

Definition

(noun.) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step.

(noun.) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground.

(noun.) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire.

(verb.) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.

(verb.) mate with; 'male birds tread the females'.

(verb.) crush as if by treading on; 'tread grapes to make wine'.

(verb.) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; 'The soldiers trampled across the fields'.

(verb.) apply (the tread) to a tire.

Editor: Timmy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To set the foot; to step.

(v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.

(v. i.) To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.

(v. t.) To step or walk on.

(v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.

(v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.

(v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

(v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

(n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.

(n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.

(n.) Way; track; path.

(n.) The act of copulation in birds.

(n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.

(n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

(n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.

(n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

(n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

(n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.

Edited by Bertram

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Set the foot.[2]. Walk, go.

v. a. [1]. Set the foot on, walk on.[2]. Stamp upon, press down with the foot.[3]. Cover (as a male bird the female), copulate with.

n. [1]. Step, pace.[2]. Gait, manner of walking.

Edited by Bernice

Definition

v.i. to set the foot down: to walk or go: to copulate as fowls.—v.t. to walk on: to press with the foot: to trample in contempt: to subdue:—pa.t. trod; pa.p. trod or trod′den.—n. pressure with the foot: a step way of stepping.—ns. Tread′er; Tread′ing; Tread′le Tred′dle the part of any machine which the foot moves.—vs.i. to work a treadle.—ns. Tread′ler; Tread′ling; Tread′-mill a mill in which a rotary motion is produced by the weight of a person or persons treading or stepping from one to another of the steps of a cylindrical wheel used chiefly as an instrument of prison discipline; Tread′-wheel a form of tread-mill with steps on its exterior surface by treading on which the wheel is turned.—Tread down to trample to destruction; Tread in one's footsteps or steps to follow one's example; Tread on or upon to trample with contempt: to come close after; Tread on one's toes to give offence to one; Tread on or upon the heels of to follow close after; Tread out to press out with the feet: to extinguish; Tread underfoot to treat with scorn: to destroy.

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Examples

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