What (who) is Tread - definition
tread
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Tread (disambiguation); Treads
I
n.
step
1) a firm; heavy; light tread
mark
2) tire treads
pattern of ridges
3) a worn tread
4) a tire tread
II
v.
1) (usu. fig.) (d; intr.) to tread on, upon (to tread on smb.'s toes)
2) (P; intr.) to tread softly
tread
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(treads, treading, trod, trodden)
1.
If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot...
VERB: V on n
2.
If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way. (LITERARY)
She trod casually, enjoying the touch of the damp grass on her feet.
VERB: V adv
3.
A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk. (WRITTEN)
We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread.
N-SING: supp N, N of n
4.
If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way.
If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with...
VERB: V adv
5.
The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface.
He walked up the stairs. The treads were covered with a kind of rubber and very quiet.
N-COUNT
6.
The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping.
The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
N-VAR
7.
If someone is treading a fine line or path, they are acting carefully because they have to avoid making a serious mistake, especially in a situation where they have to deal with two opposing demands.
They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR between pl-n
8.
If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
He continues to tread an unconventional path...
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If someone who is in deep water treads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you say that someone is treading water, you mean that they are in an unsatisfactory situation where they are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things.
I could either tread water until I was promoted, which looked to be a few years away, or I could change what I was doing.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
tread
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Tread (disambiguation); Treads
I. v. n.
1.
Set the foot.
2.
Walk, go.
II. v. a.
1.
Set the foot on, walk on, step on.
2.
Stamp upon, press down with the foot, beat with the foot.
3.
Crush under foot, trample.
4.
Subdue, subject.
5.
Cover (as a male bird the female), copulate with.
III. n.
1.
Step, stepping.
2.
Gait, manner of stepping.
Pronunciation examples for Tread
1. Tread softly
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2. tread the most carefully.
Women & Transformative Action in India _ Ruth Messinger _ Talks at Google
3. Don't tread on me.
Religion and the Opening Up of the Mind _ Bishop Robert Barron _ Talks at Google
4. just to tread water.
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain _ Barbara Arrowsmith-Young _ Talks at Google
5. only management could tread.
My Life With Bob _ Pamela Paul _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Tread
1. Ideologically, however, they tread different paths.
2. They sort of tread around you lightly, and it‘s frustrating.
3. To tread the uncharted territory of reality and regional programming.
4. Tread carefully There‘s a time and a place for everything.
5. This column won‘t tread ground already plowed by Tucker.