| VERB | motion | tread, step | put down or press the foot, place the foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | tread, trample | tread or stomp heavily or roughly | |
| contact | tread | crush as if by treading on | |
| contact | tread | brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | |
| possession | tread | apply (the tread) to a tire | |
| contact | tread | mate with | |
| NOUN | act | tread, pace, stride | a step in walking or running |
| artifact | tread | the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | |
| artifact | tread | the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | |
| artifact | tread | structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step |
| Sounds | treh'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | A step in walking or running. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pace, stride | |
| Part of | walk, walking | The act of traveling by foot |
| Broader | step | The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down |
| Spanish | paso, tranco, zancada | |
| Catalan | gambada, pas, passada | |
| Verbs | tread | put down or press the foot, place the foot |
| Meaning | The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre | A tire made of reinforced rubber / rubber and filled with compressed air |
| Broader | surface | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
| Verbs | tread | apply (the tread) to a tire |
| Meaning | The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact |
| Spanish | banda de rodaje, dibujo, suela | |
| Catalan | banda de rodament, sola | |
| Meaning | structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | step, stair | support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway |
| Broader | structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
| Spanish | escalón, peldaño | |
| Catalan | escaló, esglaó, graó | |
| Meaning | put down or press the foot, place the foot. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" | |
| Synonym | step | |
| Narrower | step on, tread on | place or press the foot on |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | pisar | |
| Catalan | pisar, trepitjar | |
| Nouns | tread | a step in walking or running |
| Meaning | tread or stomp heavily or roughly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children tread to the playground | |
| Synonym | trample | |
| Entailed by | beat | make by pounding or trampling |
| Narrower | treadle | tread over |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | pisotear | |
| Meaning | crush as if by treading on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tread grapes to make wine" | |
| Broader | squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
| Spanish | hollar, pisar | |
| Meaning | brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | brace | support by bracing |
| Meaning | apply (the tread) to a tire. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | give, apply | Give or convey physically |
| Spanish | hollar | |
| Nouns | tread | the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire |
| Meaning | mate with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "male birds tread the females" | |
| Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | calcar, copular | |
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