Definition of Tread

Verb: tread (trod,trodden)  tred

1. Put down or press the foot, place the foot
   "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread";
   - step
    
2. Walk heavily or roughly
   "The soldiers trod across the fields";
   - trample
    
3. Crush as if by treading on
   "tread grapes to make wine"
    
4. Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the centre
    
5. Apply (the tread) to a tire
    
6. Mate with
   "male birds tread the females"

1. A step in walking or running
   - pace, stride
    
2. The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
    
3. The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
    
4. Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
    
5. The top of a step on a staircase

See also:
treacly
treaded

Anagrams containing the word tread

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