Overview of noun tread

The noun tread has 4 senses

• pace, stride, tread -- (a step in walking or running)


• tread -- (the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire)


• tread -- (the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground)


• tread -- (structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step)

Overview of verb tread

The verb tread has 6 senses

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


• tread, trample -- (tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields")


• tread -- (crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine")


• tread -- (brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center)


• tread -- (apply (the tread) to a tire)


• tread -- (mate with; "male birds tread the females")