TREAD
\tɹˈɛd], \tɹˈɛd], \t_ɹ_ˈɛ_d]\
Definitions of TREAD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
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apply (the tread) to a tire
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structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
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the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
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brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
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the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
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mate with; "male birds tread the females"
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crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
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put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
By Princeton University
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tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
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apply (the tread) to a tire
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structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
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the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
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brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
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mate with, of male birds
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crush as if by treading on, as of grapes
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To set the foot; to step.
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To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
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To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
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To step or walk on.
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To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
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To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
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To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
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A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
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Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
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Way; track; path.
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The act of copulation in birds.
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The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
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The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
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The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
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The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
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The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
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A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
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To copulate with; to feather; to cover; - said of the male bird.
By Oddity Software
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To set the foot; to step.
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To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
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To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
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To step or walk on.
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To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
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To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
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To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
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A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
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Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
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Way; track; path.
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The act of copulation in birds.
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The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
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The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
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The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
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The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
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The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
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A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
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To copulate with; to feather; to cover; - said of the male bird.
By Noah Webster.
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To step or walk.
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Trop.
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Trodden.
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Treading.
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To walk on; crush under the feet; subdue or overcome; dance.
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A walking or stepping; the upper horizpntal part of a step; manner of stepping; as, a heavy tread; the part of a wheel or tire that touches the road.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A wound of the coronet of a horse's hoof caused by striking with the shoe of the opposite foot of either the same or the other pair of legs. 2. The cicatricula of an egg.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To set the foot: to walk or go: to copulate, as fowls.
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To walk on: to press with the foot: to trample in contempt: to subdue:-pa.t. trod; pa.p. trod or trodden.
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Pressure with the foot: a step.
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TREADER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To stop or walk on; to press under the feet; to beat with the feet; to walk over with a stately step; to trample in contempt.
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To set the foot; to walk or go; to walk with form or state; to copulate, as fowls. To tread or tread on, to trample in contempt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To step or walk on; to beat or press under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to copulate, as birds; to set in motion with the feet; to walk or go; to walk with form or state.
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Mode of stepping; place trod on or used in stepping; way; track; in arch., the horizontal part of a step on which the foot is placed.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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