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Plural of tread

regular plural

The plural of tread is treads.

Forms of tread

Singulartread /tɹɛd/
Pluraltreads
Countablecountable

Treads in a sentence

  • Tanks are not street-legal because their treads chew up the pavement.From the entry street-legal
  • The mechanical digger had tanklike treads.From the entry tanklike
  • Do you know what pain treads the unlifting darkness with cleft hooves, with webbed feet?1979, Poetry Australia, numbers 70-72, page 67. From the entry unlifting
  • Such is the malleability of Shane Gillis, and the line between the Bidenites and the Roganites that he so carefully treads.2024 February 27, Luke Winkie, “The Paradox of Shane Gillis”, in Slate, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2024. From the entry Roganite
  • The rig's heavy treads machinegunned the pavement.1957, The Saturday Evening Post Stories. From the entry rump

Meaning of tread

  1. verb To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
  2. verb To step or walk upon.
  3. verb To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).

Full definition of tread

Questions about the plural of tread

What is the plural of tread?
The plural of tread is treads.
Is tread countable?
Tread is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tread (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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