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Tread
Tread
,Verb.
I.
[
imp.
Trod
; p. p.
Trodden
, Trod
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Treading
.] 1.
To set the foot; to step.
Where’er you
tread
, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread
. Pope.
The hard stone
Under our feet, on which we
Under our feet, on which we
tread
and go. Chaucer.
2.
To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately
tread
, or lowly creep. Milton.
3.
To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
Shak.
To tread on
or To tread upon
(a)
To trample; to set the foot on in contempt.
“Thou shalt tread upon their high places.” Deut. xxxiii. 29.
(b)
to follow closely.
“Year treads on year.” Wordsworth.
– To tread upon the heels of
, to follow close upon.
“Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin.” Milton.
One woe doth
tread upon
another's heel
. Shakespeare
Tread
,Verb.
T.
1.
To step or walk on.
Forbid to
tread
the promised land he saw. Prior.
Methought she
trod
the ground with greater grace. Dryden.
2.
To beat or press with the feet;
as, to
. tread
a path; to tread
land when too light; a well-trodden
path3.
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
“ I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.” Beau. & Fl.
They have measured many a mile,
To
To
tread
a measure with you on this grass. Shakespeare
4.
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Through thy name will we
tread
them under that rise up against us. Ps. xliv. 5.
5.
To copulate with; to feather; to cover; – said of the male bird.
Chaucer.
To tread out
, to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
– To tread the stage
, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.
Tread
,Noun.
1.
A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep;
as, a nimble
; a cautious tread. tread
She is coming, my own, my sweet;
Were it ever so airy a
My heart would hear her and beat.
Were it ever so airy a
tread
,My heart would hear her and beat.
Tennyson.
2.
Manner or style of stepping; action; gait;
as, the horse has a good
. tread
3.
Way; track; path.
[R.]
Shak.
4.
The act of copulation in birds.
5.
(Arch.)
The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
6.
(Fort.)
The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
7.
(Mach.)
(a)
The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
(b)
The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
8.
(Biol.)
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
9.
(Far.)
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See
Interfere
, 3. Webster 1828 Edition
Tread
TREAD
,Verb.
I.
1.
To set the foot. Where'er you tread, the blushing flow'rs shall rise.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
2.
To walk or go. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours. Deut.11.
3.
To walk with form or state. Ye that stately tread, or lowly creep.
4.
To copulate, as fowls.To tread or tread on, to trample; to set the foot on in contempt.
Thou shalt tread upon their high places. Det.33.
TREAD
,Verb.
T.
Forbid to tread the promis'd land he saw.
1.
To press under the feet.2.
To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well trodden path.3.
To walk in a formal or stately manner. He thought she trod the ground with greater grace.
4.
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred, or to subdue. Ps.44. 60.5.
To compress, as a fowl.To tread the state, to act as a stage-player; to perform a part in a drama.
To tread or tread out, to press out with the feet; to press out wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
They tread their wine presses and suffer thirst. Job.24.
TREAD
,Noun.
1.
Way; track; path. [Little used.]2.
Compression of the male fowl.3.
Manner of stepping; as, a horse has a good tread.