tread
noun/tred/
/tred/
- [singular] the way that somebody walks; the sound that somebody makes when they walk
- I heard his heavy tread on the stairs.
Extra Examples- The streets have echoed to the tread of feet for more than ten centuries.
- His tread was measured and stately.
- She moved with the light tread of a dancer.
- The ground shook beneath the weight of their tread.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- light
- soft
- …
- hear
- with a… tread
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- [countable, uncountable] the raised pattern on the surface of a tyre on a vehicle
- The tyres were worn below the legal limit of 1.6 mm of tread.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tyre/tire
- wheel
- worn
- …
- depth
- pattern
- [countable] the upper surface of a step or stair compare riser
Word OriginOld English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.
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