Word

tread, v.
(treading, treads, trod, trodden)
freq. cnt. 8

tread or stomp heavily or roughly
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

trample tread

sample sentences

"The soldiers trampled across the fields"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trampling trample trampler

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

hyponym

treadle

put down or press the foot, place the foot
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3

step tread

sample sentences

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
"step on the brake"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

step step step

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tread

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

step on, tread on

brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

tread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

brace

crush as if by treading on
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

tread

sample sentences

"tread grapes to make wine"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

squeeze, crush, squash, mash, squelch

mate with
<verb.contact>

tread

sample sentences

"male birds tread the females"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

mate, copulate, pair, couple

apply (the tread) to a tire
<verb.possession>

tread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tread

semantic pointers

hypernym

give, apply