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tread /tred/ intransitive verb (pat trod; pap troddˈen or trod)- To set the foot down
- To step
- To walk
- To trample
- (of a male bird) to copulate
transitive verb- To walk on
- To press with the foot, eg in threshing or pressing grapes
- To trample, crush with the feet
- To beat or form (a path, etc)
- To perform by treading, dance
- (of a male bird) to copulate with
- To oppress (figurative)
noun- The act or manner of treading
- A step or tramp
- A thing or part trodden on, eg on a step
- The part that touches the ground, eg on a shoe or a wheel
- (the thickness of) the moulded ridged rubber surface of a pneumatic tyre, which has contact with the road
- A footprint
- A track
- The distance between wheels or pedals
- The cicatricula, or the chalaza, of an egg
- Business, trade (see also ety below) (Scot)
ORIGIN: OE tredan; Ger treten; ON trotha; cf trade treadˈer noun treadˈing noun treadˈle or treddˈle noun - A foot-lever for working a machine
- A pedal
- The chalaza of an egg (once thought to be derived from the cock) (dialect)
intransitive verb To work a treadle treadˈler noun treadˈling noun treadˈmill noun - A machine with a continuously moving surface of adjustable speed used for exercising on by running or walking
- A cylinder turned by treading on boards on its outside, as formerly by prisoners
- A mill so worked
- Routine drudgery
treadˈwheel noun - A wheel or cylinder turned by treading outside or inside
- A treadmill
tread (or walk) on air To feel exhilarated tread the boards To act on stage tread water - To float upright by an action as if of climbing a ladder
- To hold back temporarily from making progress (figurative)
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