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tread
(trĕd)v. trod (trŏd) or treaded, trod·den (trŏd′n) or trod or treaded, tread·ing, treads
v.tr.
1. To walk on, over, or along: tread the pavement.
2. To press beneath the feet; trample: dirt that was trodden into the rug.
3. To treat unjustly or harshly; oppress: people who were trodden down by tyrants.
4. To form by walking or trampling: tread a path.
5. To execute by walking or dancing: tread a measure.
6. To copulate with. Used of a male bird.
v.intr.
1.
a. To go on foot; walk.
b. To set down the foot; step.
2.
a. To trample something. Used with on or upon: Don't tread on the new grass.
b. To treat someone or something unjustly or harshly. Used with on or upon: a regime treading upon the rights of the citizens.
3. To copulate. Used of birds.
n.
Idioms: 1.
a. The act, manner, or sound of treading.
b. An instance of treading; a step.
c. A mark made by treading, as in snow.
2. The upper horizontal part of a step in a staircase.
3.
a. The part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with the road or rails.
b. The grooved face of a tire.
4. The part of a shoe sole that touches the ground.
5. Either of the continuous ridged belts with which bulldozers, tanks, and certain other vehicles move over the ground.
tread the boards
To act on the stage: "We who tread the boards are not the only players of parts in this world" (John Fowles).
tread water
1. To keep the head above water while in an upright position by pumping the legs.
2. To expend effort but make little or no progress to achievement of a goal or an end.
[Middle English treden, from Old English tredan.]
tread′less adj.
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tread
(trɛd)vb, treads, treading, trod, trodden or trod
1. to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
2. (when: intr, foll by on) to crush or squash by or as if by treading: to tread grapes; to tread on a spider.
3. (sometimes foll by: on) to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to): to tread on one's inferiors.
4. (tr) to do by walking or dancing: to tread a measure.
5. (Zoology) (tr) (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird)
6. tread lightly to proceed with delicacy or tact
7. tread on someone's toes to offend or insult someone, esp by infringing on his sphere of action, etc
8. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) tread water to stay afloat in an upright position by moving the legs in a walking motion
n
9. a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc: a light tread.
10. the act of treading
11. (Building) the top surface of a step in a staircase
12. (Automotive Engineering) the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
13. (Railways) the part of a rail that wheels touch
14. the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground
15. (Veterinary Science) vet science an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse
16. a rare word for footprint
[Old English tredan; related to Old Norse trotha , Old High German tretan, Swedish träda]
ˈtreader n
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tread
(trɛd)v. trod, trod•den trod, tread•ing, v.i.
1. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
2. to step or walk, esp. so as to press, crush, or injure something; trample (usu. fol. by on or upon).
3. (of a male bird) to copulate.
v.t. 4. to step or walk on, about, in, or along.
5. to trample or crush underfoot.
6. to form by the action of walking or trampling: to tread a path.
7. to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty; crush; oppress.
8. to perform by walking or dancing: to tread a measure.
9. (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).
n. 10. the action of treading.
11. the sound of footsteps.
12. manner of treading or walking.
13. a single step.
14. any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves.
15. the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair.
16. the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc.
17. the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire.
18. the part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels.
19. the part of the undersurface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground.
Idioms: 1. tread on someone's toes, to offend or irritate someone.
2. tread water,
a. 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.
b. to maintain one's position without making any progress.
[before 900; Middle English treden (v.), Old English tredan, c. Old High German tretan; akin to Old Norse trotha, Gothic trudan]
tread′er, n.
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tread
Past participle: trodden
Gerund: treading
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| Noun | 1. |  tread - a step in walking or running step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" |
| 2. |  tread - the grooved surface of a pneumatic tirepneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" | |
| 3. |  tread - the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | |
| 4. |  tread - structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or stepstair, step - support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or building | |
| Verb | 1. |  tread - put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| 2. |  tread - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" treadle - tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" | |
| 3. |  tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine" | |
| 4. |  tread - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the centerbrace - support by bracing | |
| 5. |  tread - apply (the tread) to a tire | |
| 6. |  tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females" |
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tread
verb
noun
tread on something
1. crush underfoot, step on, stamp on, trample (on), stomp on, squash, flatten Oh sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
2. repress, crush, suppress, subdue, oppress, quell, bear down on, subjugate, ride roughshod over Paid lawyers would tread on the farmers' interests.
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verbnoun
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tread
[tred] (trod (vb: pt) (trodden (pp)))A. N
B. VT [+ ground, grapes] → pisar; [+ path] (= make) → marcar; (= follow) → seguir
to tread water → flotar en el agua en posición vertical
a place never trodden by human feet → un sitio no hollado por pie humano
he trod his cigarette end into the mud → apagó la colilla pisándola en el barro
to tread water → flotar en el agua en posición vertical
a place never trodden by human feet → un sitio no hollado por pie humano
he trod his cigarette end into the mud → apagó la colilla pisándola en el barro
C. VI (= walk) → andar, caminar (LAm); (= put foot down) to tread (on) → pisar
to tread on sb's heels → pisar los talones a algn
careful you don't tread on it! → ¡ojo, que lo vas a pisar!, cuidado, no vas a pisarlo
to tread softly → pisar dulcemente, no hacer ruido al andar
to tread carefully or warily → andar con pies de plomo
we must tread very carefully in this matter → debemos andarnos con pies de plomo en este asunto
to tread on sb's toes → meterse con algn
to tread on sb's heels → pisar los talones a algn
careful you don't tread on it! → ¡ojo, que lo vas a pisar!, cuidado, no vas a pisarlo
to tread softly → pisar dulcemente, no hacer ruido al andar
to tread carefully or warily → andar con pies de plomo
we must tread very carefully in this matter → debemos andarnos con pies de plomo en este asunto
to tread on sb's toes → meterse con algn
tread down VT + ADV → pisar
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tread
(tred) – past tense trod (trod) : past participle trodden (ˈtrodn) – verb1. to place one's feet on. He threw his cigarette on the ground and trod on it.pisar, pisotear, hollar
2. to walk on, along, over etc. He trod the streets looking for a job. patearse, andar por
3. to crush by putting one's feet on. We watched them treading the grapes.pisar
noun1. a way of walking or putting one's feet. I heard his heavy tread.paso
2. the grooved and patterned surface of a tyre. The tread has been worn away.llanta de neumático
3. the horizontal part of a step or stair on which the foot is placed. escalón
tread water to keep oneself afloat in an upright position by moving the legs (and arms). pedalear en el agua
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