noun
Meaning 1
A step taken with the foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tread
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noun
Meaning 2
A manner of stepping.
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noun
Meaning 3
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
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noun
Meaning 4
A way; a track or path.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 6
The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
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noun
Meaning 7
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
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noun
Meaning 8
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
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noun
Meaning 10
The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fortification, fortifications, government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 11
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
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verb
Meaning 12
To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He trod back and forth wearily.
- Don't tread on the lawn.
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verb
Meaning 13
To step or walk upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Actors tread the boards.
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verb
Meaning 14
To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- to tread lightly, to tread gently
- to tread carefully, to tread cautiously, to tread warily
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verb
Meaning 15
To beat or press with the feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path
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verb
Meaning 16
To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
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verb
Meaning 17
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
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verb
Meaning 18
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
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Synonyms: step on
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verb
Meaning 19
To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 20
To copulate with (a hen).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 21
To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: stomp
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 22
a step in walking or running
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pace, stride
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: step
noun
Meaning 23
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structural member
noun
Meaning 24
the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: contact, tangency
noun
Meaning 25
the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: surface
verb
Meaning 26
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brace
verb
Meaning 27
mate with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- male birds tread the females
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple
verb
Meaning 28
crush as if by treading on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tread grapes to make wine
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
verb
Meaning 29
tread or stomp heavily or roughly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The soldiers trampled across the fields
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trample
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
Narrower terms: treadle
verb
Meaning 30
put down or press the foot, place the foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- For fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- step on the brake
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: step
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: step on, tread on
verb
Meaning 31
apply (the tread) to a tire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: give, apply
History
Etymology
From Middle English tred, from treden (“to tread”).
From Middle English treden, from Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.
Across languages
Translations
188 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: hap — step
- Bulgarian: стъпка (stǎpka) — step
- Catalan: trepitjada — step
- Czech: krok — step
- Finnish: askel — step
- Galician: paso — step
- German: Tritt — step
- German: Schritt — step
- German: Stufe — step
- Polish: krok — step
- Romanian: pas — step
- Spanish: pisada — step
- Welsh: sang — step
- Albanian: ecur — manner of stepping
- Finnish: askellus — manner of stepping
- Finnish: astunta — manner of stepping
- Finnish: askelet — sound made when someone or something is walking
- Finnish: askelten ääni — sound made when someone or something is walking
- Finnish: polku — way, track, path
- Albanian: shkalla — horizontal part of a step
- Czech: stupeň — horizontal part of a step
- Czech: stupnice — horizontal part of a step
- Finnish: askelma — horizontal part of a step
- French: marche — horizontal part of a step
- Galician: paso — horizontal part of a step
- German: Schritt — horizontal part of a step
- German: Tritt — horizontal part of a step
- German: Trittstufe — horizontal part of a step
- German: Trittfläche — horizontal part of a step
- German: Lauffläche — horizontal part of a step
- German: Trittbrett — horizontal part of a step
- German: Stufe — horizontal part of a step
- German: Auftritt — horizontal part of a step
- Japanese: 段 (dan) — horizontal part of a step
- Japanese: 踏み面 (fumizura) — horizontal part of a step
- Māori: kaupae — horizontal part of a step
- Māori: teka — horizontal part of a step
- Ottoman Turkish: باصامق (basamak) — horizontal part of a step
- Albanian: lule — grooves in tire
- Bulgarian: профил (profil) — grooves in tire
- Catalan: banda de rodament — grooves in tire
- Finnish: uritus — grooves in tire
- Finnish: urat — grooves in tire
- Finnish: kulutuspinta — grooves in tire
- French: bande de roulement — grooves in tire
- German: Profil — grooves in tire
- Irish: trácht — grooves in tire
- Italian: battistrada — grooves in tire
- Japanese: 溝 (mizo) — grooves in tire
- Japanese: 接地面 (setchi-men) — grooves in tire
- Japanese: タイヤ溝 (taiya-mizo) — grooves in tire
- Japanese: 残溝 (zaimizo) — grooves in tire
- Occitan: benda de rotlament — grooves in tire
- Occitan: benda de rodament — grooves in tire
- Persian: آج (âj) — grooves in tire
- Polish: bieżnik — grooves in tire
- Russian: протектор (protektor) — grooves in tire
- Spanish: banda de rodadura — grooves in tire
- Spanish: dibujo — grooves in tire
- Spanish: banda de rodamiento — grooves in tire
- Spanish: cocada — grooves in tire
- Spanish: cubierta — grooves in tire
- Spanish: caucho — grooves in tire
- Welsh: gwadn — grooves in tire
- Catalan: dibuix — grooves in a sole
- Finnish: uritus — grooves in a sole
- Finnish: urat — grooves in a sole
- German: Profil — grooves in a sole
- German: Sohlenprofil — grooves in a sole
- Japanese: 溝 (mizo) — grooves in a sole
- Polish: bieżnik — grooves in a sole
- Spanish: dibujo — grooves in a sole
- Albanian: shkel — to step on
- Arabic: دَعَسَ (daʕasa) — to step on
- Arabic: دَاسَ (dāsa) — to step on
- Arabic: دَهَسَ (dahasa) — to step on
- Arabic: وَطِئَ (waṭiʔa) — to step on
- Arabic: خَطَا (ḵaṭā) — to step on
- Armenian: կոխել (koxel) — to step on
- Aromanian: calcu — to step on
- Assamese: গচকা (gosoka) — to step on
- Bulgarian: стъ́пвам (stǎ́pvam) — to step on
- Catalan: trepitjar — to step on
- Chinese Mandarin: 踏 (tà) — to step on
- Chinese Mandarin: 踩 (cǎi) — to step on
- Chinese Mandarin: 踏踩 (tàcǎi) — to step on
- Chinese Mandarin: 踐踏 /践踏 (jiàntà) — to step on
- Czech: šlápnout — to step on
- Czech: stoupnout — to step on
- Czech: pošlapat — to step on
- Czech: zašlapat — to step on
- Danish: træde — to step on
- Dutch: betreden — to step on
- Esperanto: treti — to step on
- Finnish: käydä — to step on
- Finnish: astua — to step on
- French: fouler — to step on
- French: marcher sur — to step on
- Galician: trepar — to step on
- Galician: tripar — to step on
- Galician: pisar — to step on
- German: betreten — to step on
- German: treten — to step on
- German: auftreten — to step on
- German: stapfen — to step on
- German: begehen — to step on
- German: trampeln — to step on
- Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan) — to step on
- Ido: fular — to step on
- Italian: calpestare — to step on
- Italian: pestare — to step on
- Italian: calcare — to step on
- Japanese: 踏む (fumu) — to step on
- Kambera: liti — to step on
- Korean: 디디다 (didida) — to step on
- Lithuanian: minti — to step on
- Lithuanian: užminti — to step on
- Norwegian Bokmål: trå — to step on
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trå — to step on
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trø — to step on
- Occitan: calcar — to step on
- Occitan: caucar — to step on
- Occitan: calcigar — to step on
- Occitan: caucigar — to step on
- Occitan: artelhar — to step on
- Persian: پا گذاشتن (pâ gozâštan) — to step on
- Persian: لگد کردن (lagad kardan) — to step on
- Polish: stąpać — to step on
- Polish: nastąpić — to step on
- Polish: nadepnąć — to step on
- Portuguese: pisar — to step on
- Quechua: saruy — to step on
- Quechua: sarui — to step on
- Quechua: harui — to step on
- Romanian: călca — to step on
- Russian: наступа́ть (nastupátʹ) — to step on
- Russian: наступи́ть (nastupítʹ) — to step on
- Spanish: pisar — to step on
- Spanish: hollar — to step on
- Thai: เหยียบ (yìiap) — to step on
- Tooro: -rubata — to step on
- Ottoman Turkish: چیكنهمك (çiğnemek) — to step on
- Ottoman Turkish: طبانلامق (tabanlamak) — to step on
- Ottoman Turkish: آیاقلامق (ayaklamak) — to step on
- Ukrainian: наступа́ти (nastupáty) — to step on
- Ukrainian: наступи́ти (nastupýty) — to step on
- Vietnamese: giẫm — to step on
- Yiddish: טרעטן (tretn) — to step on
- Yiddish: באַטרעטן (batretn) — to step on
- Albanian: shkelmoj — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Bulgarian: стъпквам (stǎpkvam) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Bulgarian: утъпквам (utǎpkvam) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Czech: udusat — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Czech: dusat — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Dutch: stampen — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Dutch: vertrappen — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Finnish: talloa — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- French: piétiner — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- French: fouler — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Galician: trepar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Galician: tripar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Galician: pisar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: treten — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: festtreten — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: stampfen — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: feststampfen — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: austreten — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: freitreten — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- German: trampeln — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Italian: calpestare — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Italian: pestare — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Italian: pigiare — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Japanese: 踏む (fumu) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Lithuanian: mindyti — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Lithuanian: mindžioti — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Polish: deptać — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Polish: zdeptać — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Polish: podeptać — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Portuguese: espezinhar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Romanian: călca — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Russian: топтать (toptatʹ) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Spanish: zapatear — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Spanish: pisotear — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Spanish: patullar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Spanish: apisonar — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Ottoman Turkish: چیكنهمك (çiğnemek) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Ottoman Turkish: طبانلامق (tabanlamak) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
- Ottoman Turkish: آیاقلامق (ayaklamak) — to beat with one's feet; to trample
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