TREAD

pace, stride, tread

(noun) a step in walking or running

tread

(noun) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

tread

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

tread

(noun) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

tread

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

tread

(verb) mate with; “male birds tread the females”

tread

(verb) crush as if by treading on; “tread grapes to make wine”

tread, trample

(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; “The soldiers trampled across the fields”

step, tread

(verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot; “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”; “step on the brake”

tread

(verb) apply (the tread) to a tire

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

tread (third-person singular simple present treads, present participle treading, simple past tread or treaded or trod, past participle tread or trodden or treaded or trod)

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

(transitive) To step or walk upon.

To beat or press with the feet.

To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.

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

(intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.

(transitive, of a male bird) To copulate with.

Usage notes

• Treaded is not commonly used in the UK and is less common in the US as well. It is apparently used more often in tread water.

• Tread is sometimes used as a past and past participle, especially in the US.

Etymology 2

Noun

tread (plural treads)

A step taken with the foot.

A manner of stepping.

The sound made when someone or something is walking.

(obsolete) A way; a track or path.

The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.

The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s]

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

(biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.

(fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.

Synonyms

• (horizontal part of a step): run

Antonyms

• (horizontal part of a step): rise, riser

Anagrams

• E-tard, adret, dater, derat, drate, rated, tared, trade

Source: Wiktionary

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Tread, v. i. [imp. Trod; p. p. Trodden, Trod; p. pr. & vb. n. Treading.] Etym: [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. dram to run. Cf. Trade, Tramp, Trot.]

1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Pope. The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. Chaucer.

2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step. Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep. Milton.

3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. Shak. To tread on or 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. Shak.

Tread, v. t.

1. To step or walk on. Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. Prior. Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. Dryden.

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. Shak.

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. Ps. xliv. 5.

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, 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. Tennyson.

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.)

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

6. (Fort.)

Definition: 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.)

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

9. (Far.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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