 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tread
noun
1: a step in walking or running [syn: {pace}, {stride}]
2: the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
3: the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the
ground
4: structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a
stair or step
verb
1: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush
in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
[syn: {step}]
2: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
across the fields" [syn: {trample}]
3: crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
4: brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the
center
5: apply (the tread) to a tire
6: mate with; "male birds tread the females"
[also: {trodden}, {trod}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trodden
adjective: crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her
trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass
was trodden and muddy" [syn: {trampled}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trodden
See {tread}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tread \Tread\, verb (used without an object) [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr["a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.]
1. To set the foot; to step.
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
--Pope.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
The hard stone
Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer.
2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
--Milton.
3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
{To tread on} or {To tread upon}.
(a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. ''Thou
shalt tread upon their high places.'' --Deut. xxxiii.
29.
(b) to follow closely. ''Year treads on year.''
--Wordsworth.
{To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon.
''Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those
allowances to sin.'' --Milton.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trodden \Trod"den\,
p. p. of {Tread}.
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