tread

1. 1.

   a step in walking or running

   Synonymspacestride

   Broaderstep

   Part ofwalk
2. 2.

   the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

   Broadersurface

   Part ofpneumatic tire
3. 3.

   the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

   Broadercontact
4. 4.

   structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

   Broaderstructural member

   Part ofstep

Other forms of tread

plural

treads·

past tense or participle

trod

past tense or participle

trodden

present participle

treading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tread

What does tread mean?

tread means "put down or press the foot, place the foot". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tread?

tread has 1 syllable: tread. In IPA it is /ˈtɹɛd/.

What is another word for tread?

Close synonyms include step, trample, pace, stride. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tread a common word?

tread is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tread?

1 word rhymes with tread. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.