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tread English

Meaning tread meaning

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tread Noun

— A tread is a step, as in walking. The old man moved with heavy tread across the road. — A tread is a mark made by someone taking a step. The police searched the crime scene for tread marks. — Tread is the part of a wheel, tyre, or a shoe that touches the road. The car left tread marks across the lawn. — Tread is the surface pattern on a tyre. The car was not safe as there was very little tread left on the tyre. — The tread on a stair is the part on which you put your foot. The wooden staircase had to be fixed by replacing the rotten treads.

tread Verb

— To tread is to take a step. The wooden bridge did not look safe so I had to tread carefully. — To tread is to stand on, or crush. To make wine you need to tread on the grapes to squeeze out the juice.

tread

— verb (= trample) tread or stomp heavily or roughly The soldiers trampled across the fields — verb (= step) put down or press the foot, place the foot For fools rush in where angels fear to tread step on the brake — noun (= pace) a step in walking or running — verb crush as if by treading on tread grapes to make wine — verb brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center — verb mate with male birds tread the females — verb apply (the tread) to a tire — noun structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step — noun the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground — noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

Synonyms tread synonyms

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tread English » English

step trample step on pace walk tread on stride stamp tramp footstep go gait pedal mate stomp stair footfall copulate walk upon walk over walk on treadle tread ply trample upon trample on take/make a step stamp on stamp down sole service protector oppress mount march go on footsteps footpace footing foot enter crush with the foot cover violate underfoot underbelly troop tread upon tread under foot tread down trampling

Topics tread topics

What do people use tread to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk
Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Swim

Conjugation tread conjugation

How do you conjugate tread?

tread · verb

Examples tread examples

How do I use tread in a sentence?

Simple sentences

When a tire loses its tread, it's time to buy a new one.
Swamps are no fun to tread in, but they can be mystical.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
I don't want to tread on anyone's toes.
It really hurts when you tread on Lego.
Jesus Christ walked on the sea, and the book of Job says that only God can tread on the waves of the sea.

Movie subtitles

No foe will tread over Russia, no foreign army will plunder it.
I will not let these dogs tread on the soil of Russia!
No enemy shall tread on Russian soil.
I wake in the night. and the tread of their feet whispers in my brain.
Sometimes, Henry, angels must rush in where fools fear to tread.
My liver rushes in where angels fear to tread.
I didn't tread on your feet.
You're a person who must dance through life, Sibella, and I hope Lionel won't tread on your feet too often.
Without their visits you can not hope to shun the path I tread.
You never tread on a flower now, do you?
Tread on his blank blank fingers. Right!
Well, good luck, everybody, if all else fails just tread on their blank blank fingers.
Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return.
And the women tread grapes from Midian into new wine.
I'll knock your bonnet off and tread upon it!
And I'll tread the bellows.
I wake in the night and the tread of their feet whispers in my brain.
That tread hasn't been fixed since.
Never will my unworthy son tread the boards with me.
Tread quite worn.
I think I'd rather not. Without their visits you can not hope to shun the path I tread.
Major, Her Majesty wishes that the guards in the corridor tread off. Certainly.
Guards, tread off.
You tread the ridge between truth and insult. with the skill of a mountain goat!
You tread heavily but you speak the truth.
Go on, tread on the tail o' me coat.
That's where we differ. I rush in where sergeants fear to tread.
Careful where you tread.
Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return. Simple, plain Clarence.
If I were you, I should tread a little carefully.
Tread carefully.
I removed nails from the tread of my shoes.
You stop near that area of darkness, where the rooster doesn't sing and the horse hooves don't tread.
Now we don't know how many of them there are, so we'll have to tread carefully.
For you to tread on as on thistle-down.
A man who is so totally and utterly wonderful That I would rather be sealed in a pit of my own filth Than dare tread on the same stage with him.

News and current affairs

It is true that democracies always find it difficult to balance their commitment to human rights with their commitment to free speech: it is a delicate path to tread, and there is no easy answer on a legal and constitutional level.
Ghana's Dagomb conflict illustrates why governments should tread carefully with tribal loyalties.
Blair is much more vulnerable than he was a year ago, and he must tread softly if he does not want to lose further support.
The West should tread carefully.
Here, everyone needs to tread with care.
But, as Egypt's domestic politics take their course, Israel, which has had to tread softly in its relationship with Egypt and in Sinai since January 2011, will have to behave with even greater sensitivity in the days ahead.
Although neither Hu nor Wen were directly involved in the crackdown, they nonetheless must tread carefully.
With Europe's economy showing no sign of recovery and growing concern about a Chinese slowdown, Japan cannot afford to continue to tread water.
All three parties involved will need to tread with care to make certain that the thaw in China-Taiwan relations is not set back by this proposed arms deal.
In other words, they are putting taxpayer money where commercial companies fear to tread.
The West should tread carefully. There is a real risk that it will become entangled as a partisan actor in Lebanese domestic politics.
With global demand flagging, the priority has to be recovery, without abandoning the goal of reform - a difficult line to tread politically.
Now is a time not only to advance current research, but also to reflect and to tread cautiously.
Should Iran possess the ultimate weapon, it might embrace a new restraint in its foreign policy; nuclear-weapons states, precisely because they confront the prospect of nuclear retaliation, have historically tread with caution.
If Greece's new government does not tread lightly in these discussions, withdrawal of these institutions' liquidity support for Greek banks could follow.
Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths, and armpits before entering the dohyo (ring), on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women may tread.

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