tread
- Noun. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- Noun. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- Noun. The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
- Noun. The sound made when someone or something is walking.
- Verb. (intransitive) To step on or over.
- Verb. (intransitive) To beat with one's feet; to trample.
- Verb. (past of, tread) .
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