treadverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
uk/tred/us/tred/trod or US also treaded, trodden or US and Australian English also trodC2 mainly UK to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot:
literary to walk:
to float vertically in the water by moving the legs and the arms up and down
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- 'Hey, mind!' he said when she trod on his foot.
- She got badly spiked when one of the runners trod on her heel.
- He trod heavily and reluctantly up the stairs.
- I accidentally trod on the dog's foot and it yelped.
- Mind you don't tread in the mud.
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Walking and walkers
- bring/call sth/sb to heel idiom
- cavalcade
- heel
- hike
- hiker
- hoof
- hoof it idiom
- jaywalk
- pace
- parade
- ramble
- sleepwalker
- somnambulism
- step
- stretch
- stretch your legs idiom
- stride
- ticker-tape parade
- toddle
- walker
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Idiom(s)
treadnoun
uk/tred/us/tred/tread noun (PATTERN ON TYRE)
[ C or U ] the pattern of raised lines on a tyre that prevents a vehicle from sliding on the road:
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- vanity plates
- wing
- wing mirror
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tread noun (STEP)
[ S ] the sound that your feet make on the ground as you walk:
[ S ] the horizontal part of a step on which you put your foot
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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