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Definition of tread noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tread

noun
 
/tred/
 
/tred/
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  1. [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
    verb + tread
    • hear
    preposition
    • with a… tread
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  2. [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.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • tyre/​tire
    • wheel
    • worn
    tread + noun
    • depth
    • pattern
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  3. [countable] the upper surface of a step or stair compare riser
  4. Word OriginOld English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.
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