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English noun: tread | |||
| 1. | tread (act) a step in walking or running | ||
| Synonyms | pace, stride | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | step | ||
| Part meronym | walk, walking | ||
| 2. | tread (artifact) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Part meronym | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre | ||
| 3. | tread (artifact) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contact, tangency | ||
| 4. | tread (artifact) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | structural member | ||
| Part meronym | stair, step | ||
English verb: tread | |||
| 1. | tread (motion) put down or press the foot, place the foot | ||
| Samples | For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Step on the brake. | ||
| Synonyms | step | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | step on, tread on | ||
| 2. | tread (motion) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | ||
| Samples | The soldiers trampled across the fields. | ||
| Examples | The children tread to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | trample | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | treadle | ||
| 3. | tread (contact) crush as if by treading on | ||
| Samples | Tread grapes to make wine. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch | ||
| 4. | tread (contact) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brace | ||
| 5. | tread (possession) apply (the tread) to a tire | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apply, give | ||
| 6. | tread (contact) mate with | ||
| Samples | Male birds tread the females. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
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