"tread a measure" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "treads a measure",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "treading a measure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod a measure",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden a measure",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 27:",
          "text": "She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake[.]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a dance; to dance."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tread a measure"
}

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      "form": "treads a measure",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "treading a measure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod a measure",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden a measure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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          "text": "She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake[.]",
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      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a dance; to dance."
      ],
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          "dance"
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