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tread |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p. pr & vb n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS tredan; akin to OFries treda, OS tredan, D. & LG treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw tr[*a]da, tr["a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf Gr ? a running, Skr. dram to run. Cf {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.] 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. --Pope. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope. The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go --Chaucer. 2. To walk or go especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step. Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak. {To tread on} or {upon}. a To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. ``Thou shalt tread upon their high places.'' --Deut. xxxiii 29. b to follow closely. ``Year treads on year.'' --Wordsworth. {To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon ``Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin.'' --Milton. One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tread \Tread\, v. t. 1. To step or walk on Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. --Prior. Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. --Dryden. 2. To beat or press with the feet; as to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path. 3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like `` I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.'' --Beau. & Fl They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. --Shak. 4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue. Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us --Ps. xliv. 5. 5. To copulate with to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird. --Chaucer. {To tread out}, to press out with the feet; to press out as wine or wheat; as to tread out grain with cattle or horses. {To tread the stage}, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tread \Tread\, n. 1. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as a nimble tread; a cautious tread. She is coming, my own my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat --Tennyson. 2. Manner or style of stepping; action gait; as the horse has a good tread. 3. Way track; path. [R.] --Shak. 4. The act of copulation in birds. 5. (Arch.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed. 6. (Fort.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet. 7. (Mach.) a The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail. b The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear. 8. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle. 9. (Far.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See {Interfere}, 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tread n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: {pace}, {stride}] 2: the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that touches the ground 3: the horizontal part of a stair or step v 1: put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" [syn: {step}] 2: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" [syn: {trample}] 3: crush as if by treading on as of grapes 4: brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center 5: apply (the tread) to a tire 6: mate with of male birds
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