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Sounds | treh'd |
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Rhymes | abed, aforesaid, ahead, and 86 more rhymes in ehd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A step in walking or running. |
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Synonyms | pace, stride |
Part of | walk, walking |
Broader | step |
Verbs | tread |
Meaning | The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire. |
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Part of | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre |
Broader | surface |
Verbs | tread |
Meaning | The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground. |
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Broader | contact, tangency |
Meaning | Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step. |
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Part of | step, stair |
Broader | structural member |
Meaning | Put down or press the foot, place the foot. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" |
Synonyms | step |
Narrower | step on, tread on |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Nouns | tread |
Meaning | Tread or stomp heavily or roughly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The children tread to the playground |
Synonyms | trample |
Entailed by | beat |
Narrower | treadle |
Broader | walk |
Meaning | Crush as if by treading on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "tread grapes to make wine" |
Broader | squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze |
Meaning | Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | brace |
Meaning | Apply (the tread) to a tire. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | give, apply |
Nouns | tread |
Meaning | Mate with. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "male birds tread the females" |
Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple |