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verb

Tread v. i. (past trod; past part. trodden; pres. part. treading)

To set the foot; to step. "Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise." "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." "The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go."

To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step. "Ye that... stately tread, or lowly creep."

To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.

To tread on or To tread upon.

(a)

To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou shalt tread upon their high places."

(b)

to follow closely. "Year treads on year."

To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon. "Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin." "One woe doth tread upon another's heel."

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Etymology of 'Tread on'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tread on" Quotes from Famous Books

... dragging poor suppliant wights From their last refuge at thy will—I would not, Had I perchance set foot within thy land, Even were my cause most righteous, have presumed, Without consent of him who bore chief sway, To seize on any man, but would have known How men should act who tread on foreign soil. Thou bring'st disgrace on thine own mother state All undeservedly, and the lapse of years Hath left thee aged, but not wise—Again I bid those maids now to be brought with speed, Unless thou would'st be made a sojourner In Athens by compulsion. This I speak Not with my ...

— The Seven Plays in English Verse • Sophocles

... kapu and aliinui. To tread on his shadow was a crime punished with death: He make ke ee malu. The chief next the throne took the title of Wohi. He who ranked next, that of Mahana. These titles could belong at the same time to several ...

— Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands • Charles Nordhoff

... the one, you may find you within the walls of the other. I speak in kindness, Senora, and of what I know. This palace is not all bowers and gardens. There be dungeons beneath those bowers, deep and dark. Santa Maria defend us! You tread on mines—hold your peace!' ...

— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt

... to do with it at all I'd tread on Flannigan's coat, and you can tell him so, for disgracing the Corps.... Take off your jacket and help with my ...

— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren

... after that I heard Aunt Joyce's firm tread on the gravel. She came into the parlour, and looked around as though to see who ...

— Joyce Morrell's Harvest - The Annals of Selwick Hall • Emily Sarah Holt

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