tread

Phonetic

US /tred/UK /tred/

Translations

VERBTo step or walk (on or across something); to trample., To step or walk upon., To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner)., To beat or press with the feet., To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet., To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc., To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue., To copulate; said of (especially male) birds., To copulate with., To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
NOUNA manner of stepping., The sound made when someone or something is walking., A step taken with the foot., The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction., The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction., The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle., The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet., A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together., The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back., A way; a track or path., A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.

Variants

  • treads: Third Person Singular, Plural
  • treading: Present Participle
  • trod: Past Participle, Past Tense
  • treaded: Past Participle, Past Tense
  • trodden: Past Participle

Examples

  • How long can you tread water in the middle of the ocean if you had to?

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  • In such an environment nervous youngsters tread carefully.

    Source:www.economist.com

  • Chatbots must also tread carefully around some tricky topics

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  • Chatbots must also tread carefully around some tricky topics

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  • With full AspectJ you could surely have solved the problem , but probably you had reasons why you did not tread that path

    Source:stackoverflow.com

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