"tread" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /trɛd/ Audio: en-us-tread.ogg [US] Forms: tread [singular], treads [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A tread is a step, as in walking.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-noun-ZauXY4dv
  2. A tread is a mark made by someone taking a step.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-noun-zDSPZjd2
  3. Tread is the part of a wheel, tyre, or a shoe that touches the road.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-noun-Da25VlhF
  4. Tread is the surface pattern on a tyre.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-noun-LJrxItBm
  5. The tread on a stair is the part on which you put your foot.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-noun-3MAxflKK

Verb

IPA: /trɛd/ Audio: en-us-tread.ogg [US] Forms: tread [past], tread [past, participle], trod [past, participle], tread [canonical], treads [third-person, singular], trod [past], trodden [past, participle], treading [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|tread|treads|tread|tread|treading}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|tread|treads|trod|trod|treading}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|tread|treads|trod|trodden|treading}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To tread is to take a step.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-verb-WP-odj-D
  2. To tread is to stand on, or crush.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-verb-tj6Gdecj
  3. The past tense and past participle of tread.
    Sense id: simple-tread-en-verb-3SIFlBVy
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