tread
/trɛd/
noun
- The pattern of ridges on a tire or shoe sole that provides grip.
- Check the tread on your shoes before hiking on wet rocks.
- The tires had deep tread for driving on snow.
- The tread on these boots is worn smooth and needs replacing.
- The sound or manner of walking or stepping.
- I heard the heavy tread of boots on the stairs.
- The soldier's tread was steady and rhythmic.
- Her light tread barely made a sound on the carpet.
verb
- To step or walk on or over something.
- She trod carefully across the icy sidewalk.
- We could hear footsteps treading softly on the wooden floor.
- Be careful not to tread on the flowers in the garden.
- To press or crush something with the feet.
- The workers trod the grapes to make wine.
- The cattle trod a path through the muddy field.
- He accidentally trod on the toy and broke it.
- To walk in a particular way or with a particular purpose.
- She trod the familiar path to the library every morning.
- They trod the long road home in silence.
- He trod the halls of the old school one last time.