Definition of 'tread'

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Definitions of 'tread'

1. (verb) step, tread
put down or press the foot, place the foot
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"

2. (verb) tread, trample
tread or stomp heavily or roughly
"The soldiers trampled across the fields"

3. (verb) tread
crush as if by treading on
"tread grapes to make wine"

4. (verb) tread
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

5. (verb) tread
apply (the tread) to a tire

6. (verb) tread
mate with
"male birds tread the females"

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