Tread

What do we mean by tread?

To walk on, over, or along. intransitive verb

To press beneath the feet; trample. intransitive verb

To treat unjustly or harshly; oppress. intransitive verb

To form by walking or trampling. intransitive verb

To execute by walking or dancing. intransitive verb

To copulate with. Used of a male bird. intransitive verb

To go on foot; walk. intransitive verb

To set down the foot; step. intransitive verb

To trample something. Used with on or upon. intransitive verb

To treat someone or something unjustly or harshly. Used with on or upon. intransitive verb

To copulate. Used of birds. intransitive verb

The act, manner, or sound of treading. noun

An instance of treading; a step. noun

A mark made by treading, as in snow. noun

The upper horizontal part of a step in a staircase. noun

The part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with the road or rails. noun

To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.

To step or walk upon.

To beat or press with the feet.

To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.

To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.

(of a male bird) To copulate with.

Words that are spelled similarly to tread:
tread, read, treat, bread, trend, thread, dread, triad, tred, oread, treed, trad, troad, aread, tead, treas, trea, cread, treap.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tread:
sidewall, trample, softly, lugs, riser, tire, tires, stirrup, lug, stair, lightly, flange, bead, traction, ply, firestone, tyre, tyres, grip, carefully, rubber, casing, brakes, stairway, stairs, chola, footprint, slick, pattern, belts, toes, wheel, wheels, width, plates, stranger, rim, friction, mud, path, radial, wear, patch, axle, separation, compressed, symmetry, patterns, staircase, brake, worn, compounds, lion, shoes, leather, steering, timber, wet, contact, bike, paths, compound, snake, snow, vehicle, rear, depth, bicycle, rolling, diameter, suspension, terrain, flag, boards, marks, plate, angels, noise, profile, load, lap, pirates, inches, angle, thin, tail, fear, sand, tank, outer, familiar, element, inner, manufacturer, designs, steel, conventional, steps, ford, ground.

Words that rhyme with tread:
read, lead, head, red, bed, spread, shed, led, bread, dead, thread, ahead, dread, embed, overhead, pled, watershed, said, wed, instead, ed, stead, shred, widespread, shead, bulkhead, med, aforesaid, sled, fed, ted, homestead, spearhead, misread, retread, ged, infrared, bled, coed, egghead, imbed, abed, misled, bred, fred, sped, inbred, zed, figurehead, thoroughbred, hotbed, deadhead, blockhead, beachhead, ned, masthead, warhead, airhead, letterhead, bobsled, behead, loggerhead, fled, redhead, bedspread, godhead, whitehead, arrowhead, gingerbread, bridgehead, copperhead, bloodshed, bullhead, riverbed, seabed, dred, pwned, redd, deathbed, go ahead, flathead, skinhead, woodshed, newlywed, wellhead, purebred, flatbed, farmstead, featherbed, shithead, unwed, swed, roundhead, butthead, freda, trailhead, reade, cornbread, drumhead, steelhead.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tread:
heavy, measured, slow, firm, stealthy, soft, noiseless, light, steady, quick, stately, silent, cautious, elastic, like, muffled, solemn, martial, mournful, airy, regular, lighter, quiet, rhythmic, deliberate, ponderous, careful, swift, rapid, heavier, distant, majestic, inch, gentle, firmer, hurried, wide, proud, hasty, dull, sure, weary, narrow, mighty, rear, smooth, top, careless, confident, uncertain, bottom, familiar, soundless, easy, solid, usual, armed, brisk, dignified, grown, monotonous, foot, catlike, rocky, dost, ceaseless, delicate, resolute, eager, loose, flat, manly, nervous, springy, elephantine, even, faltering, restless, front.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tread:
mill, wheel, tires, ends, wheels, mills, staircase, sandals, tractor, tire, quantizer, tractors, version, stairs, soles, marks, wear, tyres, well, rubber, design, type, model, axle, out, compounds, joint, compound, steps, water, riser, fashion, milling, pattern, manufacture, haven, profile, brakes, ratios, ground, ratio, stair, boots, machines, paths, models.

Consonant match to tread:
trade, tried, trod, trode, treed, trude, troad, tride, trued.

Words that sound like tread:
tread, tred, trad, trid, tried, trade, trod, tourette, treed, tride, tret, trude, trued, trode, trud, troad, trowed, tradd, touret, dread, dred, dredd, turret, trut, trit, tritt, treat, ted, trend, turned, trait, turd, trout, trot, trite, terd, trate, treads, troat, treet, tird, trott, trat, treader, drid, tedd, truitt, tyred, truett, traite, traut, trd, trote, tratt, thread, shred, droid, dried, air head, dreed, drood, drad, oread, dradde, aread, trimmed, tra, tid, torrid, trudged, turgid, turbid, trilled, strid, tidd, tted, tijd, traa, trigged, tidde, steroid, arid, strayed, drat, drit, arod, strewed, strad, streed, orad, dritt, erid, irid, outride, strawed, -tude, orid, steroide, irad, ohrid.