tread

Definition

To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

Etymology

From Middle English treden, from Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Example Sentences

• "He trod back and forth wearily."
• "Don't tread on the lawn."
• "And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God."

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