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- Dictionarytread/trɛd/
verb
- 1. walk in a specified way: "Rosa trod as lightly as she could" Similar
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.
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noun. uk / tred / us / tred / tread noun (PATTERN ON TYRE) [ C or U ] the pattern of raised lines on a tyre that prevents a vehicle from sliding on the road: The tread on your tyres is very worn. yasinguneysu/E+/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of TREAD is to step or walk on or over. How to use tread in a sentence.
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. (intransitive; sometimes foll by on) to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to) to tread on one's inferiors.
noun. the action of treading, stepping, or walking. the sound of footsteps. manner of treading or walking. a single step as in walking. any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves. the part of the under surface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground.
to be very careful about what you do or say. The government will have to tread very carefully in handling this issue. We must tread warily —we don't want to offend anyone. tread a difficult, dangerous, solitary, etc. path. to choose and follow a particular way of life, way of doing something, etc.
Tread usually implies stepping with force, but it can also simply mean placing your feet, one after the other, on the ground. You might try to tread lightly on the moss in the backyard so you don't damage it.
Definition of tread noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot: I trod on a piece of broken glass. David trod in some paint. The kids were treading cake crumbs into the carpet. tread carefully/gently/lightly, etc. to be careful what you say so that you do not upset someone. tread water.
tread meaning, definition, what is tread: to put your foot on or in something whil...: Learn more.
Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. treading, treads, trod, trodden. To walk on, in, along, across, over, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To press or beat with the feet so as to crush or injure; trample. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To oppress or subdue, as if by stepping on. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
