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verb | noun treadtread1 /trɛd/ ●○○ verb (past tense trod /trɑd/, past participle trodden /ˈtrɑdn/ or trod) ETYMOLOGYtread1Origin: Old English tredan VERB TABLEtread |
Present | I, you, we, they | tread | | he, she, it | treads | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trod | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trodden | | he, she, it | has trodden | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trodden | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tread | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trodden |
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Present | I | am treading | | he, she, it | is treading | | you, we, they | are treading | Past | I, he, she, it | was treading | | you, we, they | were treading | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been treading | | he, she, it | has been treading | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been treading | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be treading | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been treading |
1tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc. to be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation: Companies should tread carefully in this area.2tread water a)to stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle b)to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen3[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] old-fashioned to walk or step on something SYN step4tread the boards informal to work as an actor → see also fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) at fool1 (6) verb | noun treadtread2 noun 1 [countable, uncountable] the pattern of lines on the part of a tire that touches the road2[countable] the pattern of lines on the bottom of a shoe3[countable] the part of a stair that you put your foot on4[singular] old-fashioned the particular sound that someone makes when he or she walks |