"treading" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: treadings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tredynge}} Middle English tredynge, {{m|enm|tredyng}} tredyng, {{af|en|tread|-ing}} tread + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} treading (plural treadings)
  1. The act of one who treads.
    Sense id: en-treading-en-noun-v92P48Kw

Verb

Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tredynge}} Middle English tredynge, {{m|enm|tredyng}} tredyng, {{af|en|tread|-ing}} tread + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} treading
  1. present participle and gerund of tread Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tread
    Sense id: en-treading-en-verb-tcc47qwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 17 83

Inflected forms

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