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- English Word Tread Definition Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
- English Word Tread Definition Way; track; path.
- English Word Tread Definition The act of copulation in birds.
- English Word Tread Definition The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
- English Word Tread Definition The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- English Word Tread Definition The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
- English Word Tread Definition The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
- English Word Tread Definition The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- English Word Tread Definition A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
- English Word Tread-softly Definition Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
- English Word Treadboard Definition See Tread, n., 5.
- English Word Treader Definition One who treads.
- English Word Treadfowl Definition A cock.
- English Word Treading Definition of Tread
- English Word Treadle Definition The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
- English Word Treadle Definition The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
- English Word Treadmill Definition A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
- English Word Treadwheel Definition A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
- English Word Treague Definition A truce.
- English Word Treason Definition The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.