tread
Từ điển Collocation
tread noun
1 sound you make when you are walking
ADJ. firm, heavy I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs. | light, soft | measured, slow, steady
VERB + TREAD hear
TREAD + VERB move
PREP. with a … ~ A policeman walked by with a slow, measured tread.
PHRASES the tread of feet The streets have echoed to the tread of feet for more than ten centuries.
2 on a tyre
ADJ. tyre, wheel | deep, shallow | worn
TREAD + VERB be worn The tyre tread has been worn below the legal limit.
TREAD + NOUN depth, pattern, width
PHRASES a breadth/depth/width of tread
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a step in walking or running; pace, stride
- the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
v.
- put down or press the foot, place the foot; step
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread
step on the brake
- tread or stomp heavily or roughly; trample
The soldiers trampled across the fields
- crush as if by treading on
tread grapes to make wine
- brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- apply (the tread) to a tire
- mate with
male birds tread the females
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
treads|trod|treading|trodden
syn.: pace step walk
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