26984 words

tread

10 definitions ā€¢ 12 examples
1
to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot:

Examples:

tread on I kept treading on his toes when we were dancing.
tread in Yuck! Look what I've just trodden in!
be trodden into A load of food had been trodden into the carpet.
tread grapes Before the days of automation, they used to tread grapes to make wine.
2
to walk:

Examples:

He trod heavily and reluctantly up the stairs.
tread your weary way I sometimes see him flash past in his sports car as I tread my weary way (= walk in a tired way) to work.
3
to float vertically in the water by moving the legs and the arms up and down:

Examples:

I stopped swimming for a moment and trod water, looking back to the beach.
4
the pattern of raised lines on a tyre that prevents a vehicle from sliding on the road:

Examples:

The tread on your tyres is very worn.
5
the sound that your feet make on the ground as you walk:

Examples:

Then I heard someone's tread on the stairs.
6
the horizontal part of a step on which you put your foot
7
to put the foot down while stepping, or to step on something:

Examples:

[ I ] fig. I hope I havenā€™t trod on other peopleā€™s toes by saying this.
8
the raised pattern on a tire that holds the vehicle to the road as it moves:

Examples:

[ U ] fat tires with knobby tread
9
the sound that someoneā€™s feet make in walking:

Examples:

I heard the heavy tread of my father overhead.
10
A tread is also the horizontal surface on which you put your foot on a step.

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