Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Tread
//tɹɛd//
Synonyms for "tread" (162 found)
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3 entriesmanner of
5 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
188 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- ecur noun (manner of stepping)
- hap noun (step)
- lule noun (grooves in tire)
- shkalla noun (horizontal part of a step)
Arabic
4 entries- خَطَا verb (to step on)
- دَاسَ verb (to step on)
- دَعَسَ verb (to step on)
- دَهَسَ verb (to step on)
Armenian
1 entries- կոխել verb (to step on)
Aromanian
1 entries- calcu verb (to step on)
Assamese
1 entries- গচকা verb (to step on)
Bulgarian
4 entries- профил noun (grooves in tire)
- стъпка noun (step)
- стъ́пвам verb (to step on)
- стъпквам verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Catalan
4 entries- banda de rodament noun (grooves in tire)
- dibuix noun (grooves in a sole)
- trepitjada noun (step)
- trepitjar verb (to step on)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 踏 verb (to step on)
- 踏踩 verb (to step on)
- 踐踏 /践踏 verb (to step on)
- 踩 verb (to step on)
Czech
4 entries- krok noun (step)
- stupeň noun (horizontal part of a step)
- stupnice noun (horizontal part of a step)
- dusat verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Danish
1 entries- træde verb (to step on)
Dutch
3 entries- betreden verb (to step on)
- stampen verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
- vertrappen verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Esperanto
1 entries- treti verb (to step on)
Finnish
4 entries- askel noun (step)
- askelet noun (sound made when someone or something is walking)
- askellus noun (manner of stepping)
- askelma noun (horizontal part of a step)
French
4 entries- bande de roulement noun (grooves in tire)
- marche noun (horizontal part of a step)
- fouler verb (to step on)
- fouler verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Galician
4 entries- paso noun (step)
- paso noun (horizontal part of a step)
- pisar verb (to step on)
- pisar verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
German
4 entries- Auftritt noun (horizontal part of a step)
- Lauffläche noun (horizontal part of a step)
- Profil noun (grooves in tire)
- Profil noun (grooves in a sole)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (to step on)
Ido
1 entries- fular verb (to step on)
Irish
1 entries- trácht noun (grooves in tire)
Italian
4 entries- battistrada noun (grooves in tire)
- calcare verb (to step on)
- calpestare verb (to step on)
- calpestare verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Japanese
4 entries- タイヤ溝 noun (grooves in tire)
- 接地面 noun (grooves in tire)
- 残溝 noun (grooves in tire)
- 段 noun (horizontal part of a step)
Kambera
1 entries- liti verb (to step on)
Korean
1 entries- 디디다 verb (to step on)
Lithuanian
4 entries- mindyti verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
- mindžioti verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
- minti verb (to step on)
- užminti verb (to step on)
Māori
2 entries- kaupae noun (horizontal part of a step)
- teka noun (horizontal part of a step)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trå verb (to step on)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- trå verb (to step on)
- trø verb (to step on)
Occitan
4 entries- benda de rodament noun (grooves in tire)
- benda de rotlament noun (grooves in tire)
- artelhar verb (to step on)
- calcar verb (to step on)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- باصامق noun (horizontal part of a step)
- آیاقلامق verb (to step on)
- آیاقلامق verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
- طبانلامق verb (to step on)
Persian
3 entries- آج noun (grooves in tire)
- لگد کردن verb (to step on)
- پا گذاشتن verb (to step on)
Polish
4 entries- bieżnik noun (grooves in tire)
- bieżnik noun (grooves in a sole)
- krok noun (step)
- deptać verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Portuguese
2 entries- espezinhar verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
- pisar verb (to step on)
Quechua
3 entries- harui verb (to step on)
- sarui verb (to step on)
- saruy verb (to step on)
Romanian
3 entries- pas noun (step)
- călca verb (to step on)
- călca verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Russian
4 entries- протектор noun (grooves in tire)
- наступа́ть verb (to step on)
- наступи́ть verb (to step on)
- топтать verb (to beat with one's feet; to trample)
Spanish
4 entries- banda de rodadura noun (grooves in tire)
- banda de rodamiento noun (grooves in tire)
- caucho noun (grooves in tire)
- cocada noun (grooves in tire)
Thai
1 entries- เหยียบ verb (to step on)
Tooro
1 entries- rubata verb (to step on)
Ukrainian
2 entries- наступа́ти verb (to step on)
- наступи́ти verb (to step on)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giẫm verb (to step on)
Welsh
2 entries- gwadn noun (grooves in tire)
- sang noun (step)
Yiddish
2 entries- באַטרעטן verb (to step on)
- טרעטן verb (to step on)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Source: tatoeba (411041)
You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track — the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on.
Source: tatoeba (413860)
When a tire loses its tread, it's time to buy a new one.
Source: tatoeba (665539)
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