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Meaning:

Noun:

  • The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
  • The groves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
  • The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs

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Verb:

  • tread
  • transitive To beat with one's feet; to trample.
  • transitive To step on or over.

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