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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishtreden, fromOld Englishtredan, fromProto-West Germanic*tredan, fromProto-Germanic*trudaną.

Verb

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tread (third-person singular simple presenttreads,present participletreading,simple pasttrodortreadortreaded,past participletroddenortrodortreadortreaded)

  1. (intransitive) Tostep orwalk (on or across something); totrample.
    Hetrod back and forth wearily.
    Don'ttread on the lawn.
  2. (transitive) Tostep orwalk upon.
    Actorstread the boards.
  3. (figuratively, with certainadverbs ofmanner) Toproceed, tobehave (in a certain manner).
    totread lightly, totread gently
    totread carefully, totread cautiously, totread warily
  4. To beat or press with the feet.
    totread a path; totread land when too light; a well-trodden path
  5. To work alever,treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page251:
      Round about them was a circle of girls and wives of the neighbouring tenants; "theytrod the spinning-wheels with diligent feet, or were using the scraping carding-combs," as an author has it.
  6. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
  8. Tocrush under the foot; totrample in contempt or hatred; tosubdue; torepress.
    Synonym:step on
  9. (intransitive) Tocopulate; said of (especiallymale)birds.
  10. (transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with.
    • 1927, Havelock Ellis,Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎[1]:
      Thus, a poultry-breeder describes a hen (colored Dorking) crowing like a cock, only somewhat more harshly, as a cockerel crows, and with an enormous comb, larger than is ever seen in the male. This bird used to try totread her fellow-hens.
  11. (transitive) Tocrushgrapes with one's feet to makewine
    Synonym:stomp
Usage notes
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  • Treaded is not commonly used in the UK and is less common in the US as well. It is apparently used more often intread water.
  • Tread is sometimes used as a past and past participle, especially in the US.
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations
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to step on
to beat with one's feet; to trample

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishtred, fromtreden(“to tread”).

Noun

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thetread on a car tyre
thesole of a pair of trainers showing thetread
diagram of a set of steps showing thetread

tread (pluraltreads)

  1. A step taken with the foot.
  2. A manner of stepping.
  3. The sound made when someone or something iswalking.
    • 1886,Robert Louis Stevenson,Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
      The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly; it was different indeed from the heavy creakingtread of Henry Jekyll. Utterson sighed. "Is there never anything else?" he asked.
    • 1896,Bret Harte,Barker's Luck and Other Stories:
      But when, after a singularly heavytread and the jingle of spurs on the platform, the door flew open to the newcomer, he seemed a realization of our worst expectations.
    • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, inRailway Magazine, page19:
      As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measuredtread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
  4. (obsolete) Away; atrack orpath.
  5. (construction) A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
    • 1956,Anthony Burgess,Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published1972, page25:
      The dog was waiting for him, her paws on the secondtread, pere regardant with a happy lolling tongue.
  7. Thegrooves carved into the face of atire, used to give the tiretraction.[from 1900s]
  8. Thegrooves on the bottom of ashoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
  9. (biology) Thechalaza of a bird's egg; thetreadle.
  10. The act ofaviancopulation in which the malebirdmounts the female by standing on her back.
  11. (fortification) The top of thebanquette, on which soldiers stand tofire over theparapet.
  12. Abruise orabrasion produced on the foot or ankle of ahorse thatinterferes, or strikes its feet together.
Synonyms
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  • (horizontal part of a step):run
Antonyms
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  • (antonym(s) of“horizontal part of a step”):rise,riser
Derived terms
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Translations
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step
manner of stepping
sound made when someone or something is walking
way, track, path
horizontal part of a step
grooves in tire
grooves in a sole
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