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1. tread
verb. ['ˈtrɛd'] tread or stomp heavily or roughly.
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Tread
- hilton-head
- widespread
- purebred
- interbred
- thoroughbred
- infrared
- sffed
- overhead
- overfed
- misread
- misled
- instead
- biomed
- unwed
- unted
- unsaid
- unread
- spread
- sayed
- numed
- imbed
- embed
- behead
- thread
- szwed
- swed
- stead
- sped
- sledd
- sled
How do you pronounce tread?
Pronounce tread as trɛd.
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UK - How to pronounce tread in British English
Sentences with tread
1. Noun, singular or mass
The tread will be worn more in some place than in others as you go around the tire.
2. Verb, base form
The height of the tire from rim to tread will be 88 percent of the width.
3. Adjective
Uneven tread wear is an indication of some sort of problem with the tire.
Quotes about tread
1. I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
- Horatio Nelson
2. I have spread my dreams under your feet.Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
- W.B. Yeats
3. Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
- W.B. Yeats, The Wind Among the Reeds
2. tread
verb. ['ˈtrɛd'] put down or press the foot, place the foot.
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. tread
noun. ['ˈtrɛd'] a step in walking or running.
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. tread
verb. ['ˈtrɛd'] brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.
Antonyms
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. tread
verb. ['ˈtrɛd'] crush as if by treading on.
Antonyms
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. tread
noun. ['ˈtrɛd'] the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground.
Synonyms
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. tread
noun. ['ˈtrɛd'] the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. tread
noun. ['ˈtrɛd'] structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step.
Synonyms
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. tread
Etymology
- treden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tredan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
