verb Download 🔗Share To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. Examples : "The children were warned not to tread on the fragile wildflowers. " action way environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To step or walk upon. Examples : "Actors tread the boards." action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To beat or press with the feet. Examples : "to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path" action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc. Examples : "The dancers had to tread carefully across the slippery stage. " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue. Examples : "The bully tried to tread on the smaller student's feelings, making fun of their clothes. " action attitude military war inhuman Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To copulate; said of (especially male) birds. Examples : "The rooster began to tread the hen in the barnyard. " animal bird sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a male bird) To copulate with. Examples : "The rooster vigorously treaded the hen in the barnyard. " animal bird sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A step taken with the foot. Examples : "Here are a few options, progressively more nuanced: * "Each tread on the stairs brought her closer to her bedroom." This sentence shows the "step taken with the foot" meaning of "tread" as a noun in a common setting (stairs). " action part body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A manner of stepping. Examples : "Her nervous tread revealed how anxious she was before the exam. " way action style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The sound made when someone or something is walking. Examples : "We heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots on the stairs. " sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A way; a track or path. Examples : "The new hiking trail was a well-worn tread, showing many people had used it before. " way direction place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs. Examples : "The worn tread of the stairs creaked loudly as I climbed. " architecture building part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. Examples : "The car struggled in the snow because the tires had very little tread left. " vehicle technical part machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction. Examples : "The worn tread on her shoes showed she had walked a long way. " wear part vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle. Examples : "The bird's egg had a strong tread, making it more likely to survive the trip. " anatomy biology bird part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back. Examples : "The farmer observed the tread of the rooster on the hen, hoping for fertile eggs. " animal bird sex biology action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet. Examples : "The soldiers positioned themselves on the tread of the fortification to get a better view of the enemy. " architecture military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together. Examples : "The horse's left front foot had a painful tread, preventing it from participating in the show. " animal medicine anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading