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单词 overtread
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overtreadn.

Brit. /ˈəʊvətrɛd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌtrɛd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overtread v.
Etymology: < overtread v. Compare over-treading n.
rare.
The action of treading over or stepping beyond something; an instance of this. overtread plough n. Agriculture (now historical) = over-treading plough n. at over-treading n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > foot-plough
foot plough1625
swing plough1733
overtread plougha1843
over-treading plough1893
a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1850) 3rd Ser. 748/1 The land before his time having been tilled only with a mattock and overtread plough.
1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 54 Their forelegs drumsticked without crooks, Straight, without overtread or bend, Muscled to gallop to the end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overtreadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtrɛd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtrɛd/
Inflections: Past tense overtrod; past participle overtrodden;
Forms: see over- prefix and tread v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, tread v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + tread v. Compare Middle Dutch overtreden (Dutch overtreden), Middle High German übertreten (German übertreten, now only in sense ‘to step over, to transgress’).
Now rare.
1. transitive. To tread over; to trample under foot. Also figurative: to crush, oppress, subdue. Now chiefly poetic.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > trample
treadc825
overtreadOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
defoulc1290
foil13..
to-treada1382
foula1400
fulyie1488
overgo1488
trample1530
tramp1533
conculcate1570
trample1577
overtrample1589
tramp1596
inculcate1598
stramplea1610
calcate1623
scrunch1861
OE tr. Titles to Psychomachia of Prudentius (Cleo.) ix, in Zeitschr. f. Deutsches Alterthum (1876) 20 37 Fides conculcat idolatriam : her se geleafa ofertret þæt deofolgyld.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12493 Þær þurrh þe laferrd overrcomm. & oferrtradd te deofell.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 201 (MED) J..sette me to wrastle with him for to venquishe him and ouertrede [Fr. sousmarchier] him.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 168 (MED) Traiane his Sonne rode an hors vndauntdid, that ouer-trade a weddowes Sone in the strete.
1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue 1283 What though the profyte may lyghtly be lodn, It greveth a man to be over trodyn.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. Bv When wrong triumphes, and right is ouertrodde.
1630 J. Taylor Bk. Martyrs , in Wks. ii. 140 In a word, they thus were ouer-trod, Because they truly seru'd the liuing God.
1875 A. Cambridge Recollection in Manor House & Other Poems 149 Slip backward to the world that lies behind me, Ever by sinful footsteps overtrod.
1893 ‘M. Field’ Underneath Bough 6 My brave heart can overtread Her brood of hopes, her infant dead.
1931 G. Murray tr. Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 37 So fierce shall Typhon hurl, in days to be, His wrath and hail fire-scattering, though o'ertrod And blasted by the levin-bolt of God.
2. transitive. To step beyond; to overstep. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > step beyond
overstride1614
overtreadc1620
c1620 How Good in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 99 Yet must we not this circle overtread.
1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 3 Dec. c1 He helped out without ever overtreading the line between assistant and head coach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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