Defenition of the word tread
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Defenition of the word tread
- To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
- a step in walking or running
- put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
- the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that touches the ground
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- mate with, of male birds
- crush as if by treading on, as of grapes
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- brace (an archer''s bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- mate with; "male birds tread the females"
- crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
- put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
- mate with
- crush as if by treading on
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
Synonyms for the word tread
Meronymys for the word tread
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- pneumatic tire
- pneumatic tyre
- stair
- step
- walk
- walking
Hyponyms for the word tread
Hypernyms for the word tread
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- apply
- brace
- contact
- copulate
- couple
- crush
- give
- go
- locomote
- mash
- mate
- move
- pair
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- step
- structural member
- surface
- tangency
- travel
- walk
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