ALL meanings of tread
tread
T t - 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
- verb with object tread to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty; crush; oppress. 1
- verb with object tread to perform by walking or dancing: to tread a measure. 1
- verb with object tread (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird). 1
- noun tread the action of treading, stepping, or walking. 1
- noun tread the sound of footsteps. 1
- noun tread manner of treading or walking. 1
- noun tread a single step as in walking. 1
- noun tread any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves. 1
- noun tread the part of the under surface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground. 1
- noun tread the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair, on which the foot is placed. 1
- noun tread the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc. 1
- noun tread the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire. 1
- noun tread Also, caterpillar tread. a metal tread on which a Caterpillar-style vehicle moves. 1
- noun tread Railroads. that part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels. 1
- idioms tread tread on someone's toes / corns, to offend or irritate someone. 1
- idioms tread tread the boards, to act on the stage, especially professionally: He recalled the days when he had trod the boards. 1
- idioms tread tread water, Swimming. to maintain the body erect in the water with the head above the surface usually by a pumping up-and-down movement of the legs and sometimes the arms. Slang. to make efforts that maintain but do not further one's status, progress, or performance: He's just treading water here until he can find another job. 1
- intransitive verb tread walk 1
- intransitive verb tread trample, squash 1
- transitive verb tread walk somewhere 1
- noun tread on tyre 1
- noun tread manner of walking 1
- noun tread sound of walking 1
- noun tread flat part of step 1
- noun tread bottom of shoe 1
- verb tread If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. 0
- verb tread If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way. 0
- singular noun tread A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk. 0
- verb tread If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way. 0
- countable noun tread The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface. 0
- variable noun tread The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping. 0
- verb tread to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something) 0
- verb tread to crush or squash by or as if by treading 0
- verb tread to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to) 0
- verb tread to do by walking or dancing 0
- verb tread (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird) 0
- noun tread a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc 0
- noun tread the act of treading 0
- noun tread the top surface of a step in a staircase 0
- noun tread the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre 0
- noun tread the part of a rail that wheels touch 0
- noun tread the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground 0
- noun tread an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse 0
- verb transitive tread to walk on, in, along, across, over, etc. 0