Trample vs. Tread
Trampleverb
(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
Trampleverb
(by extension) To treat someone harshly.
Trampleverb
(intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
Trampleverb
(by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
Tramplenoun
A heavy stepping.
Tramplenoun
The sound of heavy footsteps.
Trampleverb
To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
Trampleverb
Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
Trampleverb
To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
Trampleverb
To tread in contempt; - with on or upon.
Tramplenoun
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
Tramplenoun
the sound of heavy treading or stomping;
Trampleverb
tread or stomp heavily or roughly;
Trampleverb
injure by trampling or as if by trampling;
Trampleverb
walk on and flatten;
Treadverb
(intransitive) To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
Treadverb
(transitive) To step or walk upon.
Treadverb
To beat or press with the feet.
Treadverb
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
Treadverb
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Treadverb
(intransitive) To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
Treadverb
To copulate with.
Treadnoun
A step taken with the foot.
Treadnoun
A manner of stepping.
Treadnoun
The sound made when someone or something is walking.
Treadnoun
(obsolete) A way; a track or path.
Treadnoun
The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
Treadnoun
The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
Treadnoun
The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
Treadnoun
(biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
Treadnoun
The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
Treadnoun
(fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
Treadnoun
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
Treadverb
To set the foot; to step.
Treadverb
To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
Treadverb
To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
Treadverb
To step or walk on.
Treadverb
To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
Treadverb
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
Treadverb
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Treadverb
To copulate with; to feather; to cover; - said of the male bird.
Treadnoun
A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
Treadnoun
Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
Treadnoun
Way; track; path.
Treadnoun
The act of copulation in birds.
Treadnoun
The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
Treadnoun
The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
Treadnoun
The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
Treadnoun
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
Treadnoun
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
Treadnoun
a step in walking or running
Treadnoun
the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
Treadnoun
the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
Treadnoun
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
Treadverb
put down or press the foot, place the foot;
Treadverb
tread or stomp heavily or roughly;
Treadverb
crush as if by treading on;
Treadverb
brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
Treadverb
apply (the tread) to a tire
Treadverb
mate with;
