Dictionary entry details
• TREAD (noun)
Meaning:
A step in walking or running
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
stride; tread; pace
Hypernyms ("tread" is a kind of...):
step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)
Holonyms ("tread" is a part of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
Meaning:
The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tread" is a kind of...):
surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)
Holonyms ("tread" is a part of...):
pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)
Meaning:
The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tread" is a kind of...):
contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)
Meaning:
Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tread" is a kind of...):
structural member (support that is a constituent part of any structure or building)
Holonyms ("tread" is a part of...):
stair; step (support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway)
• TREAD (verb)
Meaning:
Put down or press the foot, place the foot
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
tread; step
Context examples:
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread / step on the brake
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tread"):
step on; tread on (place or press the foot on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Tread or stomp heavily or roughly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
trample; tread
Context example:
The soldiers trampled across the fields
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tread"):
treadle (tread over)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children tread to the playground
Meaning:
Crush as if by treading on
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
tread grapes to make wine
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
crush; mash; squash; squeeze; squelch (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
brace (support by bracing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Apply (the tread) to a tire
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
apply; give (give or convey physically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Mate with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
male birds tread the females
Hypernyms (to "tread" is one way to...):
copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
