Tread

Noun

 * 1) The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
 * 2) The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
 * 3) The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs
 * 4) The sound made when someone or something is walking.
 * 5) * 1886, ,
 * The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly; it was different indeed from the heavy creaking tread of Henry Jekyll. Utterson sighed. "Is there never anything else?" he asked.
 * 1) * 1896,, Barker's Luck and Other Stories
 * But when, after a singularly heavy tread and the jingle of spurs on the platform, the door flew open to the newcomer, he seemed a realization of our worst expectations.

Synonyms

 * run

Antonyms

 * rise, riser

Verb

 * 1)  To step on or over.
 * Don't tread on the lawn.
 * 1)  To beat with one's feet; to trample.

Derived terms

 * tread water
 * untrod

Adjectives for Tread
hasty; quick; elastic; viewless; swinging; limping; winter; victorious; slow; measured; firm; fairy; martial; sacred; monoto¬nous; stately; imperious; stealthy; nervous; delicate;  resilient;   pointed;   scandaled; thundering; persistent; springy; self-assured; conquering; undazzled; muffled; backward; unflinching; cat-like; clanging.

Adverbs for Tread
sorrowfully; lightly; boldly; profanely; noiselessly; soundlessly; cautiously; rhythmically; painfully; consciously; gaily; unheedingly; tenderly.

Thesaurus
amble, ambulate, amount, ankle, caliber, career, circumambulate, clip, clop, clump, compass, cut, degree, doorstep, drag, droop, drub, extent, flounce, foot, foot it, footfall, footrest, footstep, gait, gallop, grade, height, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof, hoof it, hoofbeat, hop, interval, jaywalk, jog, jog on, jump, leap, leg, leg it, level, lick, limp, lock step, lurch, march, mark, measure, mince, mincing steps, notch, nuance, pace, pad, paddle, pas, pedestrianize, peg, perambulate, period, peripateticate, piaffer, pitch, plane, plateau, point, prance, progress, proportion, rack, range, rate, ratio, reach, remove, rest, riser, roll, round, rundle, rung, saunter, scale, scope, scuttle, shade, shadow, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, space, spoke, stagger, stair, stalk, stamp, standard, stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, stomp, stride, string, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump it, swagger, swing, toddle, totter, trace, track, traipse, trample, travel, troop, trot, velocity, waddle, walk

Etymology
tredan:, from. Cognate with Dutch treden:, German treten:, Danish træde:, Swedish träda:, Norwegian treda:.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * German: Profil
 * Japanese: ;  接地面;  タイヤ溝;  残溝


 * German: Profil
 * Japanese: ;  ;  靴底


 * German: Schritt


 * Japanese:, 踏み面

Verb

 * Arabic: دعس, داس,  وطئ,  خطا
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  踏踩,  踐踏,  践踏
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:


 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 踏む
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: наступать ,
 * Spanish:


 * Japanese: 踏む


 * Portuguese: espezinhar

Anagrams

 * adret, dater, derat, drate, rated, tared, trade