- pace, stride, tread - a step in walking or running
--1 is a kind of step
--1 is a part of walk, walkingDerived form: verb tread1 - tread - the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
--2 is a kind of surface
--2 is a part of pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyreDerived form: verb tread5 - tread - the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
--3 is a kind of contact, tangency
- tread - structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
--4 is a kind of structural member
--4 is a part of step, stair - tread - structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- step, tread - put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun tread1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- tread, trample - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
--2 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children tread to the playground
- tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
--3 is one way to squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tread - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
--4 is one way to brace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tread - apply (the tread) to a tire
--5 is one way to give, apply
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tread2
Somebody ----s something
- tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females"
--6 is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- tread - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center