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tread
  • (v. i.) To set the foot
  • to step.
  • (v. i.) To walk or go
  • especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
  • (v. i.) To copulate
  • said of birds, esp. the males.
  • (v. t.) To step or walk on.
  • (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet
  • as, to tread a path
  • to tread land when too light
  • a well-trodden path.
  • (v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To crush under the foot
  • to trample in contempt or hatred
  • to subdue.
  • (v. t.) To copulate with
  • to feather
  • to cover
  • -- said of the male bird.
  • (n.) A step or stepping
  • pressure with the foot
  • a footstep
  • as, a nimble tread
  • a cautious tread.
  • (n.) Manner or style of stepping
  • action
  • gait
  • as, the horse has a good tread.
  • (n.) Way
  • track
  • path.
  • (n.) The act of copulation in birds.
  • (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
  • (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
  • (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
  • (n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
  • (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg
  • the treadle.
  • (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
 
tread-softly
  • (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
 
treadboard
  • (n.) See Tread, n., 5.
 
treader
  • (n.) One who treads.
 
treadfowl
  • (n.) A cock.
 
treading
  • (p. pr. &
  • vb. n.) of Tread

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