Thesaurus: tread

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1. v. i. To set the foot; to step.
2. v. i. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
3. v. i. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
4. v. t. To step or walk on.
5. v. t. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
6. v. t. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
7. v. t. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
8. v. t. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.
9. n. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
10. n. Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
11. n. Way; track; path.
12. n. The act of copulation in birds.
13. n. The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
14. n. The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
15. n. The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
16. n. The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
17. n. The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
18. n. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.