[
UK
/tɹˈɛd/
]
[ US /ˈtɹɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹɛd/ ]
NOUN
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- a step in walking or running
VERB
-
crush as if by treading on
tread grapes to make wine - apply (the tread) to a tire
-
put down or press the foot, place the foot
step on the brake
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread -
tread or stomp heavily or roughly
The soldiers trampled across the fields -
mate with
male birds tread the females - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
How To Use tread In A Sentence
- She works days as a chambermaid at a local hotel and at night lies awake fearing the sound of his tread.
- Your daughter may indeed welcome your new friend but tread carefully. The Sun
- The "fruitily perfumed pineapple weed" that came to Britain from Oregon in the late 19th century and then began to spread throughout the countryside, Mr. Mabey says, "exactly tracked the adoption of the treaded motor tyre, to which its ribbed seeds clung" as if the treads were the soles of climbing boots. Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling
- Don't tread ash into the carpet!
- As an author of a romantic comedy myself, I do understand that it is difficult to make the genre seem fresh after many miserable retreads.
- When I resurfaced, Jordan was treading water next to me with a huge grin.
- I'd like to escape the office treadmill.
- The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
- While he pours her feelings out, she treads very carefully and doesn't make the reader feel as though they are crashing into her personal life or snooping into her diary.
- Though it crush its victims to the earth; and tread them into the dust; and brutify them by every possible invention; it cannot totally extinguish the spirit of manhood within them. The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive