tread
English
/tɹɛd/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- (transitive) To copulate with.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English treden inherited from Old English tredan (tread, step) inherited from *tredan inherited from Proto-Germanic *trudaną (tread).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trudaną
Gloss
tread
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betread English
- board English
- fortread English
- midtread English
- mill English
- mistreading English
- plate English
- retread English
- totread English
- treadable English
- treadboard English
- treader English
- treadest English
- treadeth English
- treading English
- treadle English
- treadler English
- treadless English
- treadmill English
- treadmiller English
- treadmilling English
- treadplate English
- treadwear English
- treadwheel English
- untread English
- wear English
- wheel English
- Getrete German
- Treterei German
- Tretlager German
- Tretmühle German
- Tretroller German
- Wassertreter German
- abtreten German
- antreten German
- auftreten German
- austreten German
- beitreten German
- betreten German
- eintreten German
- herantreten German
- treten German
- umtreten German
- vertreten German
- wegtreten German
- zurücktreten German
- zutreten German
- übertreten German
- trå Norwegian Bokmål
- *trudaną Proto-Germanic
- トレッドミル Japanese
- trø Norwegian Nynorsk
- betredan Old English
- fortredan Old English
- tredan Old English
- bitreden Middle English
- fortreden Middle English
- totreden Middle English
- trede Middle English
- tredel Middle English
- treden Middle English
- tredynge Middle English
- troða Old Norse
- optræde Danish
- træde Danish
- troða Icelandic
- tretan Old High German
- treten Middle High German
- *tredan gmw-pro
- tredan Old Dutch
- treden Middle Low German
- tredan Old Saxon
- trodhe Old Danish