tread
Nouns
- (n) a step in walking or running stride, pace,
- (n) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- (n) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- (n) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
Verbs
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(v) put down or press the foot, place the foot
- For fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- step on the brake
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(v) tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- The soldiers trampled across the fields
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(v) crush as if by treading on
- tread grapes to make wine
- (v) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- (v) apply (the tread) to a tire
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(v) mate with
- male birds tread the females