tread
/tɹɛd/noun, verb1 syllable
Tread means: a step in walking or running.
Synonyms for tread7
verb, as in put down or press the foot, place the foot
verb, as in tread or stomp heavily or roughly
What does tread mean?10
noun
a step in walking or running
the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
verb
put down or press the foot, place the foot“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”
tread or stomp heavily or roughly“The soldiers trampled across the fields”
crush as if by treading on“tread grapes to make wine”
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
apply (the tread) to a tire
mate with (used of male birds)“male birds tread the females”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with tread?34
two syllables
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Tread in a sentence
- When a tire loses its tread, it's time to buy a new one.darinmex
- In order to swim, you have to learn to tread water first.darinmex
- Swamps are no fun to tread in, but they can be mystical.Aleksandros
- You tread lightly, as though you understand the fragility of life.Igider
- Tread on a worm, and it will turn.carlosalberto
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.CK
- I may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.Hybrid
- I don't want to tread on anyone's toes.unknown
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Forms of tread
as a noun
- plural
- treads
as a verb
- past tense
- trod
- past participle
- trodden
- present participle
- treading
- third-person singular
- treads