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treaded

treaded is the simple past and past participle of tread.

Meaning of tread

Verb

tread (third-person singular simple present treads, present participle treading, simple past trod or tread or treaded, past participle trodden or trod or tread or treaded)

  1. (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
    • He trod back and forth wearily.
  2. (transitive) To step or walk upon.
    • Actors tread the boards.
  3. (figuratively) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
    • to tread lightly, to tread gently
  4. To beat or press with the feet.
    • to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path
  5. To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
    • Round about them was a circle of girls and wives of the neighbouring tenants; "they trod the spinning-wheels with diligent feet, or were using the scraping carding-combs," as an author has it.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 251
  6. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
    • I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […]...

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Adjective

treaded (not comparable)

  1. Having treads.
    • What's more, it's deeply treaded and should last nearly as long as a boggo P-Zero.2003, Autocar, volume 236, numbers 6-9, page 47

Phrases with treaded

Questions about treaded

What does treaded mean?
Treaded means having treads.
What is treaded the simple past and past participle of?
Treaded is the simple past and past participle of tread.
What part of speech is treaded?
Treaded is an adjective.

Words near treaded in the dictionary

  1. treadable
  2. Treadaway
  3. Treadaways
  4. treadboard
  5. treadboards
  6. treaded
  7. treaded down
  8. treaded in someone's footsteps
  9. treaded in someone's steps
  10. treaded lightly
  11. treaded on eggshells

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