TREAD
What does "TREAD" mean?
To walk or step, especially with care, weight, or deliberate manner.
Meanings
- To set the foot down; to walk or step. Tread carefully - the ice near the bank is thin.
- To press or crush something with the feet. In autumn they still tread the grapes by foot at the old winery.
- The grooved pattern on a tyre or the sole of a shoe that grips the ground. The tyres were bald, with almost no tread left for the wet road.
- The horizontal part of a stair that you step on. The bottom tread of the old staircase had worn into a smooth curve. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'tredan', to step or trample, from Proto-Germanic 'tredanan'; related to Dutch 'treden' and German 'treten'.
Remember it
TREAD hides READ - read the ground carefully before you step on it.
A little poem
Light feet leave the meadow whole and green;
the heavy heel prints where it should not lean.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the worn tyre give terrible advice? It had no tread to stand on.
What it teaches
How you step is a message the ground reads back to everyone who follows.
Quick facts
What does TREAD mean?
To walk or step, especially with care, weight, or deliberate manner.
Is TREAD a valid word?
Yes — TREAD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TREAD?
TREAD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TREAD come from?
From Old English 'tredan', to step or trample, from Proto-Germanic 'tredanan'; related to Dutch 'treden' and German 'treten'.
What can TREAD teach us?
How you step is a message the ground reads back to everyone who follows.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.