Definitions for Tread
trɛdtread

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pace, stride, treadnoun

   a step in walking or running

2. treadnoun

   the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

3. treadnoun

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

4. treadverb

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

5. step, treadverb

   put down or press the foot, place the foot

   "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"

6. tread, trampleverb

   tread or stomp heavily or roughly

   "The soldiers trampled across the fields"

7. treadverb

   crush as if by treading on

   "tread grapes to make wine"

8. treadverb

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

9. treadverb

   apply (the tread) to a tire

10. treadverb

    mate with

    "male birds tread the females"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. treadnoun

   The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.

2. treadnoun

   The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.

3. treadnoun

   The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs

4. treadnoun

   The sound made when someone or something is walking.

5. treadverb

   To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.

6. Etymology: From treden, from tredan, from tredanan. Cognate with Dutch treden, German treten, Danish træde, Swedish träda, Norwegian treda.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Treadnoun

   Footing; step with the foot.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   If the streets were pav’d with thine eyes,
   Her feet were much too dainty for such tread. William Shakespeare.

   The quaint mazes in the wanton green,
   For want of tread, are undistinguishable. John Milton.

   High above the ground
   Their march was, and the passive air upbore
   Their nimble tread. John Milton.

   The dancer on the rope, with doubtful tread,
   Gets wherewithal to cloath and buy him bread. John Dryden.

   How wert thou wont to walk with cautious tread,
   A dish of tea, like milk-pail, on thy head! Jonathan Swift.

   2. Way; track; path.

   Cromwell is the king’s secretary: further,
   Stands in the gap and tread for more preferment. William Shakespeare.

   3. The cocks part in the egg.

2. To Treadverb

   1. To walk on; to feel under the foot.

   Would I had never trod this English earth,
   Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it! William Shakespeare.

   He dy’d obedient to severest law;
   Forbid to tread the promis’d land he saw. Matthew Prior.

   2. To press under the foot.

   Tread the snuff out on the floor to prevent stinking. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To beat; to track.

   Full of briars is this working world.
   —— They are but burs: if we walk not in the trodden paths, our very petticoats will catch them. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   4. To walk on in a formal or stately manner.

   Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. Dry.

   5. To crush under foot; to trample in contempt or hatred.

   Through thy name will we tread them under that rise against us. Psal. xliv. 5.

   Why was I rais’d the meteor of the world,
   Hung in the skies, and blazing as I travell’d,
   ’Till all my fires were spent; and then cast downward
   To be trod out by Cæsar? John Dryden, All for Love.

   6. To put in action by the feet.

   They tread their wine-presses and suffer thirst. Job xxiv.

   7. To love as the male bird the female.

   He feather’d her and trod her. John Dryden, Fables.

3. To Treadverb

   pret. trod. part. pass. trodden.

   Etymology: trudan, Gothick; tredan , Saxon; treden, Dutch.

   1. To set the foot.

   He ne’er drinks,
   But Timon’s silver treads upon his lip. William Shakespeare.

   Those which perfume the air most, being trodden upon and crushed, are burnet, wild thyme, and water mint; therefore set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   Those dropping gums
   Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease. John Milton.

   Where’er you tread the blushing flow’rs shall rise. Alexander Pope.

   2. To trample; to set the feet in scorn or malice.

   Thou
   Must, as a foreign recreant, be led
   With manacles along our street, or else
   Triumphantly tread on thy country’s ruin,
   And bear the palm. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Thou shalt tread upon their high places. Deut. xxxiii. 29.

   3. To walk with form or state.

   When he walks, he moves like an engine,
   And the ground shrinks before his treading. William Shakespeare.

   Ye that stately tread or lowly creep. John Milton.

   4. To copulate as birds.

   When shepherds pipe on oaten straws;
   When turtles tread William Shakespeare.

   What distance between the treading or coupling, and the laying of the egg? Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   They bill, they tread, Alcyone compress’d,
   Seven days sits brooding on her floating nest. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tread

   Tread refers to the pattern of grooves on the surface of tires, shoes or other items that come in contact with the ground to provide traction and prevent slipping. It can also refer to the act of walking or stepping on a surface. In a broader sense, it may also refer to the manner or pattern of action or behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Treadverb

   to set the foot; to step

2. Treadverb

   to walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step

3. Treadverb

   to copulate; said of birds, esp. the males

4. Treadverb

   to step or walk on

5. Treadverb

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

6. Treadverb

   to go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like

7. Treadverb

   to crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue

8. Treadverb

   to copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird

9. Treadnoun

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

10. Treadnoun

    manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread

11. Treadnoun

    way; track; path

12. Treadnoun

    the act of copulation in birds

13. Treadnoun

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

14. Treadnoun

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

15. Treadnoun

    the part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail

16. Treadnoun

    the part of a rail upon which car wheels bear

17. Treadnoun

    the chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle

18. Treadnoun

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tread

   The tread of a tire or track refers to the patterns on its rubber circumference that makes contact with the road. As tires are used, the tread is worn off, limiting its effectiveness in providing traction. A worn tire tread can often be retreaded.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tread

   tred, v.i. to set the foot down: to walk or go: to copulate, as fowls.—v.t. to walk on: to press with the foot: to trample in contempt: to subdue:—pa.t. trod; pa.p. trod or trod′den.—n. pressure with the foot: a step, way of stepping.—ns. Tread′er; Tread′ing; Tread′le, Tred′dle, the part of any machine which the foot moves.—vs.i. to work a treadle.—ns. Tread′ler; Tread′ling; Tread′-mill, a mill in which a rotary motion is produced by the weight of a person or persons treading or stepping from one to another of the steps of a cylindrical wheel, used chiefly as an instrument of prison discipline; Tread′-wheel, a form of tread-mill with steps on its exterior surface, by treading on which the wheel is turned.—Tread down, to trample to destruction; Tread in one's footsteps, or steps, to follow one's example; Tread on, or upon, to trample with contempt: to come close after; Tread on one's toes, to give offence to one; Tread on, or upon, the heels of, to follow close after; Tread out, to press out with the feet: to extinguish; Tread underfoot, to treat with scorn: to destroy. [A.S. tredan; Ice. trodha, Ger. treten.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tread

   In fortification, the tread of a banquette is the upper and flat surface on which the soldier stands whilst firing over the parapet.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tread

   To step on

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2021  

Matched Categories

1. • Apply
   • Brace
   • Contact
   • Copulate
   • Crush
   • Move
   • Step
   • Surface
   • Walk

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Anagrams for Tread »

1. adret

2. dater

3. derat

4. drate

5. rated

6. tared

7. trade

8. detar

How to pronounce Tread?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Tread in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tread in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Tread in a Sentence

1. Vanessa Powell:

   I ca n’t go through summer without a few pairs of Teva sandals, whether I ’m biking to the beach, going for an easy hike or on my feet all day styling a photoshoot, these Tevas are my go-to footwear. I ’ll use the Zymics more for support [ and they ] feel like a cushy sandal/sneaker hybrid that energizes my steps and supports my tread. Plus, they come in a ton of cute color combos making functional footwear feel cool and fresh.

2. Angela Merkel:

   Both sides must tread new paths, cooperation needs to be put on a completely new footing due to digitalization.

3. Ramayana:

   Blow O wind to where my loved one is. Touch him and come touch me soon. I'll feel his gentle touch through you and meet his beauty in the moon. These things are much for the one who loves. One can live by them alone that he and I breathe the same air and that the Earth we tread is one.

4. Michael James:

   We're continuing to essentially tread water. Apple's numbers were phenomenal but yet the stock is down. Why is that? I think people were expecting a blowout quarter ... so it's kind of a sell-the-news situation.

5. William Butler Yeates:

   Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Tread
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tread
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Tread
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tread
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tread
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tread
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Tread