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tread
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- pronunciation:
- tred
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- tread on someone's toes, tread water
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
treads, treading, treaded, trod, trodden |
definition 1: |
to step or walk on, over, in, or along.
He tread the new carpet cautiously.The children enjoyed treading the leaves as they walked through the woods. |
definition 2: |
to crush or press down with, or as if with, the feet; trample.
The deer treaded the new plantings in the garden.The old winery still treads some of their grapes by foot. |
definition 3: |
to create (a path or the like) by walking.
We tread a path down to the beach. |
related words: |
march, pace, stamp, step, track, trample |
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phrase: |
tread water |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to move on foot; step or walk.
The child treaded with effort through the snow.- similar words:
- step
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definition 2: |
to step on, trample, or otherwise harshly treat something and thus press, crush, or hurt it (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon").
The tyrant trod on the hopes of the people.- similar words:
- step, tramp, trample
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related words: |
march, pace |
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phrase: |
tread on someone's toes |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act, process, manner, or sound of stepping or walking.
I heard his heavy tread on the stairs around midnight.- similar words:
- plod, step
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definition 2: |
a designated surface on which one steps, such as the horizontal surface of a stair or stepladder.
I fell on the stairs because my foot missed a tread. |
definition 3: |
an instance of treading; single step.
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definition 4: |
that which touches the ground in walking, such as the sole of the foot or shoe, or in rolling, such as the grooved surface of a tire or the linked beltlike apparatus on which a tank moves.
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definition 5: |
the grooved pattern on a tire, or the depth thereof.
There wasn't much tread left on the tire. |
related words: |
plod, tramp, trample |
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derivation: |
treader (n.) |
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