1. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
2. to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually followed by on or upon): to tread on a person's foot.
3. (of a male bird) to copulate.

4. to step or walk on, about, in, or along.
5. to trample or crush underfoot.
6. to form by the action of walking or trampling: to tread a path.
7. to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty; crush; oppress.
8. to perform by walking or dancing: to tread a measure.
9. (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).

10. the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
11. the sound of footsteps.
12. manner of treading or walking.
13. a single step as in walking.
14. any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves.
15. the part of the under surface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground.
16. the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair, on which the foot is placed.
17. the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc.
18. the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire.
19. a metal tread on which a Caterpillar-style vehicle moves.
20. that part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels.

21. See entry at tread lightly.
22. to offend or irritate someone.
23. to act on the stage, especially professionally: He recalled the days when he had trod the boards.
24. tread water,
• to maintain the body erect in the water with the head above the surface usually by a pumping up-and-down movement of the legs and sometimes the arms.
• to make efforts that maintain but do not further one's status, progress, or performance: He's just treading water here until he can find another job.

1. to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
2. to crush or squash by or as if by treading
3. to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to)
4. to do by walking or dancing
5. (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird)
6. to proceed with delicacy or tact
7. to offend or insult someone, esp by infringing on his sphere of action, etc
8. to stay afloat in an upright position by moving the legs in a walking motion

9. a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc
10. the act of treading
11. the top surface of a step in a staircase
12. the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
13. the part of a rail that wheels touch
14. the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground
15. an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse
16. a rare word for footprint

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