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   tread

   /trɛd/

   verb

   • 1. walk in a specified way: "Rosa trod as lightly as she could" Similar walkstepstridepacegomarchtrampplodstomptrudge
   • ▪ set one's foot down on top of: "the youth stumbled and trod on Harry's shoe"
   • ▪ walk on or along: "shoppers will soon be treading the floors of the new shopping mall"
   • ▪ press down or crush with the feet: "food had been trodden into the carpet" Similar crushflattenpress downsquashtrample ontramp onstep onstamp onstomp on

   noun

   • 1. a person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk: "I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots"
   • 2. the top surface of a step or stair.
   • 3. the thick moulded part of a vehicle tyre that grips the road.
   • ▪ the part of a wheel that touches the ground or a rail.
   • ▪ the upper surface of a railway track, in contact with the wheels.
   • ▪ the part of the sole of a shoe that rests on the ground.

   Word Origin Old Englishtredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.

   Derivatives

   • 1. treader noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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