Definition of "tread"
- noun
A step.
A manner of stepping.
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- verb
To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
Simple past tense and past participle of tread.
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