The meaning of TREAD is to step or walk on or over. How to use tread in a sentence.

Treading Threshing by walking animals, usually horses, over the heads of grain such as wheat or oats.

TREAD definition: to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk. See examples of tread used in a sentence.

Definition of tread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot. [VERB + on] I had white rugs on the floor, but people were scared to …

To press or beat with the feet so as to crush or injure; trample. To oppress or subdue, as if by stepping on. Treading the measures briskly. To form by walking or trampling. Tread a path. The act, manner, …

[Slang.]to make efforts that maintain but do not further one's status, progress, or performance: He's just treading water here until he can find another job. n. the action of treading, stepping, or walking. the …

When you tread on the earth, you walk on it. The next time your pal thinks you have it too easy, you might ask him, “Why don’t you tread in my shoes for a day?” Tread usually implies stepping with …

Factsheet What does the noun treading mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun treading. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

From Middle English tredynge, tredyng; equivalent to tread +‎ -ing. treading (plural treadings)