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Definition of 'Tread'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) tread
to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.

2.  tread
to step or walk, esp. so as to press, crush, or injure something; trample (usu. fol. by on or upon).

3.  tread
(of a male bird) to copulate.

4. (v.t.) tread
to step or walk on, about, in, or along.

5.  tread
to trample or crush underfoot.

6.  tread
to form by the action of walking or trampling:
to tread a path.

7.  tread
to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty; crush; oppress.

8.  tread
to perform by walking or dancing:
to tread a measure.

9.  tread
(of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).

10. (n.) tread
the action of treading.

11.  tread
the sound of footsteps.

12.  tread
manner of treading or walking.

13.  tread
a single step.

14.  tread
any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves.

15.  tread
the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair.

16.  tread
the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc.

17.  tread
the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire.

18.  tread
the part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels.

19.  tread
the part of the undersurface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground.

20.  tread
tread on someone's toes, to offend or irritate someone.

21.  tread
tread water,

22.  tread
to maintain the body erect in the water with the head above the surface, usu. by a pumping movement of the legs and sometimes the arms.

23.  tread
to maintain one's position without making any progress.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME treden (v.), OE tredan, c. OHG tretan; akin to ON trotha, Go trudan)

Definition of 'Tread'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pace, stride, tread
a step in walking or running

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

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

4. (verb) tread
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

5. (verb) step, tread
put down or press the foot, place the foot
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"

6. (verb) tread, trample
tread or stomp heavily or roughly
"The soldiers trampled across the fields"

7. (verb) tread
crush as if by treading on
"tread grapes to make wine"

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

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

10. (verb) tread
mate with
"male birds tread the females"

Definition of 'Tread'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) tread
to put your foot down on sth
Be careful where you tread.; The kids trod on all the flowers.

2. tread
tread carefully/cautiously, etc.
to take great care, especially so as not to upset sb
We tread very carefully when it comes to talking about her marriage.

3. tread
tread water
to move your arms and legs around to make yourself stay afloat in water
new swimmers learning how to tread water

Definition of 'Tread'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tread
a step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread

2. (noun) Tread
manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread

3. (noun) Tread
way; track; path

4. (noun) Tread
the act of copulation in birds

5. (noun) Tread
the upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed

6. (noun) Tread
the top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet

7. (noun) Tread
the part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail

8. (noun) Tread
the part of a rail upon which car wheels bear

9. (noun) Tread
the chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle

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

11. (verb) Tread
to set the foot; to step

12. (verb) Tread
to walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step

13. (verb) Tread
to copulate; said of birds, esp. the males

14. (verb) Tread
to step or walk on

15. (verb) Tread
to beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path

16. (verb) Tread
to go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like

17. (verb) Tread
to crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue

18. (verb) Tread
to copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird

Translation of 'Tread'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to place one's feet on He threw his cigarette on the ground and trod on it.
Afrikaans: trap	Arabic: يَدوس	Bulgarian: стъпвам
Brazilian: pisar	Czech: šlápnout	German: treten
Danish: træde på	Greek: πατώ	Spanish: pisar, pisotear, hollar
Estonian: peale astuma	Farsi: پا گذاشتن	Finnish: astua
French: marcher (sur)	Hebrew: לִדרוֹך	Hindi: परचलना
Croatian: stupiti	Hungarian: tapos	Indonesian: menginjak
Icelandic: stíga (á)	Italian: calpestare, pestare	Japanese: 踏む
Korean: 밟다	Lithuanian: mindyti, užminti	Latvian: uzkāpt; uzmīt
Malay: memijak	Dutch: trappen	Norwegian: trå, tråkke
Polish: stąpnąć, nadepnąć	Persian: پا گذاشتن	Pashto: پښه ایښودل
Portuguese: pisar	Romanian: a călca (pe)	Russian: топтать
Slovenian: pohoditi	Serbian: zgnječiti	Swedish: trampa
Thai: เหยียบ	Turkish: üstüne basmak	Taiwanese: 踩
Ukrainian: розтоптати, наступати	Urdu: پاؤں رکھنا	Vietnamese: bước lên
Chinese: 踩
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