tread
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6.5
- noun
- /trɛd/
- Literature
:
paso
- The noise sounded like the tread of a throng on the street.
- heavy tread
- the tread of boots
- hear the tread
He lights the fuse at last and turns to walk away, his tread careful.
- He lights the fuse at last and turns to walk away, his tread careful.
Examples
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As he reflects, he hears the gentle tread of feet.
Fiction book (2002) -
And then he heard, coming fast, the sound of loud talking and the rapid hoof tread of horses.
Fiction book (1992) -
I wake in the night, and the tread of their feet whispers in my brain.
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The concentration of eyes downward, the careful tread of boots, requires peace.
Academic text (1990) -
Five or ten minutes later, he heard footsteps, a heavy tread on the pathway leading to the boys' barracks.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lauren is at the breakfast table, peeling an egg, when she hears her husband's heavy tread on the stairs.
Fiction book (1996) -
Not until 1996 had its haunted shafts and tunnels heard the tread of boots and the clang of a pickax again.
Fiction book (2001) -
He listened carefully to the soft tread of her footsteps on the wooden floor.
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In the quiet of the night, the tread of boots echoed down the empty hallway.
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The soldiers marched in unison, their heavy tread resonating on the cobblestone street.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sound a foot or shoe makes on the ground
90
1.0
The sound made by someone walking
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1.0
One step used to measure a short distance
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6.2
The sound a person's steps make when they walk
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A continuous metal belt that helps vehicles like tanks and bulldozers move over rough ground
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tread meaning a single step or the sound of a step comes from the old verb meaning 'to step'. So the tread is simply the step itself or the noise your foot makes when it touches the floor.