Word Finder - tread

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

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Don't tread on the lawn.

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To step or walk upon.

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Actors tread the boards.

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To beat or press with the feet.

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to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path

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

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

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To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.

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(of a male bird) To copulate with.

He didn't want to tread in that direction, so he changed the subject.

No heathen may tread the outer court.

They formed a new path to Heaven, to tread where no one had tread before.

The steady tread of some large animal continued in her direction - a mountain lion?

What if his successor refused to tread in his father's footsteps?

He wanted to mourn and tread water until the inevitable.

We have people whose tread was so light that no blade of grass bent beneath their weight.

It must tread with its wings and rise upon the air as a swimmer upon the water, or as a kite upon the wind.

Then she suddenly rose and with her heavy tread went up to the table.

It was the heavy tread of Princess Mary that he heard.

You may even tread on them, or have your eyes on them for a minute, without discovering them.

The idea that a nonprofessional could tread the hallowed ground of the stage did not enter any imagination.

The shore terrace descends by a steep cliff to the sea, forming the "rise" of a submarine "tread" in the form of a reef which surrounds the island.

The stirrup leathers may be let out or taken up until the tread of the stirrup is on a level with the inner ankle bone.

The Sun of Righteousness shall shine forth on those that fear Yahweh's name; they shall go forth with joy, and tread the wicked under foot.

They have an unusual tread.

There were deep marshes, where even the bear has learned to tread carefully.

On the 11th of May he sent the draft to Luther, who approved it, adding that he himself "could not tread so softly and gently."

Check the tires for wear, damage and tread depth.

The Federal Trade Commission has cracked down on some of the worst offenders in recent years, but there are still enough sharks circling around that you should tread very, very carefully before signing anything or cutting a check.

I perform the duties of the house as if it is our home and I am awaiting the tread of my darling's foot upon the stair as he returns from his ministrations to the arms of his dutiful wife.

Because I have bluebells growing annually I have been careful where I tread in the springtime.

England have had their chances to tread upon fingernails desperately clinging to the cliff top.

But regulation has to tread a fine line between protecting the public interest and stifling the industry by being too risk adverse.

It had never occurred to me that I would be asked to tread in the footsteps of some very august previous presenters.

Different tread depths from side to side is also a bad idea.

The war cry of Zulu filled the sky and the tread of Zulu shook the earth.

Here, workers would tread the grapes and the juice would pour into a large barrel below.

It does not wish to tread on local or regional toes on, what is, a complex matter where feelings may run high.

In New Hampshire car number plates bear the legend, Live Free or Die; a state motto is Don't Tread on Me.

Changes of level - Improve lighting; highlight tread nosings on steps.

Reason, tread the path of selflessness into eternity.

They must not tread the sacred precincts of the Garry lines.

You have to tread carefully, like looking round a china shop with a huge rucksack on your back.

Open tread stairs lead up to a large main bedroom and additional TV room.

Of particular note is the striking vaulted living room with open tread spiral staircase.

The " tread " or circumferential part of the mould itself is made of iron, because this, by conducting the heat away from the casting rapidly, makes it cool quickly, and thus causes most of the carbon here to form cementite, and thus in turn makes the tread of the wheel intensely hard; while those parts of the mould which come in contact with the central parts of the wheel are made of sand, which conducts the heat away from the molten metal so slowly that it solidifies slowly, with the result that most of its carbon forms graphite, and here the metal is soft and shock-resisting.

We are too eager to tread on the toes of the prosperous peasant.

I tread softly by my uncle, my hand in his.

If you enjoy off-road travel or live on a dirt road that gets muddy part of the year, you might be better off going with mud terrain tires ("M/T"), which also come in various tread depths and mileage ratings.

Tread uncharted territory with these fresh and funky meal ideas.

Now comes a new starlet hoping to tread a similar path.

The central three-quarters of the breadth of tread this band must be continuos around the entire outer circumference of the tire.

He is a constant theatrical innovator and a writer whose trademark is increasingly the ability to tread a delicate tightrope between humor and despair.

No heathen may tread the outer court, no layman the inner court, while the holiest of all may not be trodden even by the priest Ezekiel but only by the angel who accompanies him.

Not all Pharisees were prepared to take such action, in order that Israel might " tread on the neck of the eagle " (as is said in The Assumption of Moses).

He who will cast aside the "Bonds," the "Intoxications," the "Hindrances," and tread the Noble Eightfold Path (see Buddhism) which leads to Nirvana, will attain the ideal, the "Fruit of Arahatship," which is described in terms of glowing praise in the Pali hymns.

With the mid sized sedan and full tread depth tires, we stopped just short of 200 feet.

As such, it is probably best to tread carefully when you download free MP3 music, whether it be emo or classical.

They are a novum salutis genus - a new path to Heaven, to tread which counted "for full and complete satisfaction" pro omni poenitentia and gave "forgiveness of sins" (peccaminum remissio) 1; they are, again, the "foreign policy" of the papacy, directing its faithful subjects to the great war of Christianity against the infidel.