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tread
1. the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
2. the part of a rail that wheels touch
3. Vet science an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse
tread [tred]
(civil engineering)
The horizontal part of a step in a staircase.
The distance between two successive risers in a staircase.
(engineering)
The part of a wheel or tire that bears on the road or rail.
tread
The horizontal surface of a step; often has a rounded edge that extends beyond the upright face of the riser below it.
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Restrain also the keen fury of my heart which provokes me to tread the ways of blood-curdling strife.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
On the trail that thou must tread To the thresholds of our dread, Where the Flower blossoms red; Through the nights when thou shalt lie Prisoned from our Mother-sky, Hearing us, thy loves, go by; In the dawns when thou shalt wake To the toil thou canst not break, Heartsick for the Jungle's sake: Wood and Water, Wind and Tree, Wisdom, Strength, and Courtesy, Jungle-Favour go with thee!
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
Shakespeare says something about worms, or it may be giants or beetles, turning if you tread on them too severely.
His Wedded Wife by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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