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- [tred]
- /trɛd/
- /tred/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tred]
- /trɛd/
Definitions of tread word
- verb without object tread to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk. 1
- verb without object tread to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually followed by on or upon): to tread on a person's foot. 1
- verb without object tread (of a male bird) to copulate. 1
- verb with object tread to step or walk on, about, in, or along. 1
- verb with object tread to trample or crush underfoot. 1
- verb with object tread to form by the action of walking or trampling: to tread a path. 1
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Origin of tread
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English treden, Old English tredan; cognate with Old Frisian treda, Old Saxon tredan, Dutch treden, German treten; akin to Old Norse trotha, Gothic trudan; (noun) Middle English tred footprint, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Tread
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tread popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tread usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tread
noun tread
- boogie — When you boogie, you dance to fast pop music.
- bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- conga — If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
- crossbar — A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
verb tread
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- comminuted — pulverized; ground
- contuse — to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- crisscrossing — crossing over each other
- crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
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