tread

[Tread]

When you tread on the earth, you walk on it. The next time your pal thinks you have it too easy, you might ask him, “Why don’t you tread in my shoes for a day?”

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To set the foot; to step.

Noun
a step in walking or running

Noun
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

Noun
the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

Noun
the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

Verb
brace (an archer''s bow) by pressing the foot against the center

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Verb
mate with; "male birds tread the females"

Verb
crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"

Verb
tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"

Verb
put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"

Verb
apply (the tread) to a tire

v. i.
To set the foot; to step.

v. i.
To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.

v. i.
To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.

v. t.
To step or walk on.

v. t.
To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.

v. t.
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.

v. t.
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

v. t.
To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

n.
A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.

n.
Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.

n.
Way; track; path.

n.
The act of copulation in birds.

n.
The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.

n.
The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

n.
The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.

n.
The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

n.
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

n.
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.

Tread

Tread , v. i. [imp. Trod ; p. p. Trodden , Trod; p. pr. & vb. n. Treading.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. troa, Sw. tr'86da, tr'84da, Dan. tr'91de, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. a running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. Trade, Tramp, Trot.] 1. To set the foot; to step.
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go.
2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. Shak. To tread on ∨ upon. (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou shalt tread upon their high places." Deut. xxxiii. 29. (b) to follow closely. "Year treads on year." Wordsworth. -- To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon. "Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin." Milton.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel.

Tread

Tread, v. t. 1. To step or walk on.
Forbid to tread the promised land he saw.
Methought she trod the ground with greater grace.
2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path. 3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. " I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem." Beau. & Fl.
They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass.
4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird. Chaucer. To tread out, to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses. -- To tread the stage, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.

Tread

Tread, n. 1. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat.
2. Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread. 3. Way; track; path. [R.] Shak. 4. The act of copulation in birds. 5. (Arch.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed. 6. (Fort.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet. 7. (Mach.) (a) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail. (b) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear. 8. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle. 9. (Far.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.

To set the foot; to step.

To step or walk on.

A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.

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Usage Examples

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams I have spread my dreams under your feet Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.