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tread

English

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