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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trod /trɑd/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of tread.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trod (trod),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of tread.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trod /trɒd/ vb - the past tense and a past participle of tread
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tread /trɛd/USA pronunciation v., trod/trɑd/USA pronunciation trod•den /ˈtrɑdən/USA pronunciation or trod, tread•ing, n. v. - to set down the foot in walking;
step: [no object]to tread softly on the stairs.[~ + object]Many pilgrims have trod this same street to the holy shrine. - to step or walk, esp. so as to press or injure something;
trample:[~ + on/upon + object]The boys just trod on the flowers. - to treat harshly;
oppress:[no object]The despot trod down his enemies. n. [countable] - the action of treading.
- the sound of footsteps:We heard her measured tread.
- Automotive, Transportthe part of a wheel or tire that rests on the road, rail, etc.:worn treads.
Idioms- Idioms tread on someone's toes, to offend someone.
- Idioms tread water.
- Sportto keep the body straight up in the water with the head above the surface, usually by a pumping up-and-down movement of the legs and sometimes the arms.
- to maintain one's position without making any progress:During the recession the company was barely able to tread water.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tread (tred),USA pronunciation v., trod, trod•den or trod, tread•ing, n. v.i. - to set down the foot or feet in walking;
step; walk. - to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually fol. by on or upon):to tread on a person's foot.
- (of a male bird) to copulate.
v.t. - to step or walk on, about, in, or along.
- to trample or crush underfoot.
- to form by the action of walking or trampling:to tread a path.
- to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty;
crush; oppress. - to perform by walking or dancing:to tread a measure.
- (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).
- tread on someone's toes or corns, to offend or irritate someone.
- tread the boards, to act on the stage, esp. professionally:He recalled the days when he had trod the boards.
- tread water:
- [Swimming.]to maintain the body erect in the water with the head above the surface usually by a pumping up-and-down movement of the legs and sometimes the arms.
- [Slang.]to make efforts that maintain but do not further one's status, progress, or performance:He's just treading water here until he can find another job.
n. - 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.
- the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair, on which the foot is placed.
- the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc. See diag. under tire2.
- the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire.
- See caterpillar tread.
- [Railroads.]that part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English treden, Old English tredan; cognate with Old Frisian treda, Old Saxon tredan, Dutch treden, German treten; akin to Old Norse trotha, Gothic trudan; (noun, nominal) Middle English tred footprint, derivative of the verb, verbal
tread ′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tread /trɛd/ vb (treads, treading, trod, trodden, trod)- to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
- when intr, followed by on: to crush or squash by or as if by treading
- (intransitive) sometimes followed by on: to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to)
- (transitive) to do by walking or dancing: to tread a measure
- (transitive) (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird)
- tread lightly ⇒ to proceed with delicacy or tact
- tread water ⇒ to stay afloat in an upright position by moving the legs in a walking motion
n - a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc: a light tread
- the act of treading
- the top surface of a step in a staircase
- the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
- the part of a rail that wheels touch
- the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground
Etymology: Old English tredan; related to Old Norse trotha , Old High German tretan, Swedish trädaˈtreader n |