tread
tread
trɛd
tred
/tɹˈɛd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "tread"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻĻāĻĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to step on or crush something with the feet, often implying a forceful or heavy action
Transitive: to tread on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The marching soldiers tread on the soft soil, leaving a pattern of footprints on the training ground.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āύāϰāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž, āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move along a path, surface, or area by taking steps
Intransitive: to tread somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the procession began, the participants tread slowly down the aisle of the church.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰ aisle āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to suppress or control with force, as if trampling down opposition or resistance
Transitive: to tread sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In times of crisis, the government may attempt to tread resistance by implementing strict measures.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāώ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a male bird) to engage in the mating process
Transitive: to tread a female bird
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The male swan treads the female gracefully, their synchronized movements a part of their mating ritual.
āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āϰāĻžāϜāĻšāĻžāρāϏ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ, āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž

a step in walking or running
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āϏāĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϧāĻžāĻĒ, āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ

the horizontal part of a step in a staircase that provides a surface to walk on
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āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇ āφāϏ⧇, āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āϤāϞāĻž

the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
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āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ, āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ

the part of a tire that comes into contact with the road, featuring patterns for grip
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They rotated the tires to ensure even tread wear.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

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