Tread vs. Walk

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;

Walkverb

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

Walkverb

To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Walkverb

Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

Walkverb

To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

Walkverb

(transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.

Walkverb

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

Walkverb

To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

Walkverb

(transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

Walkverb

(transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

Walkverb

(transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

Walkverb

To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

Walkverb

To leave, resign.

Walkverb

(transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

Walkverb

To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

Walkverb

To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

Walkverb

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

Walkverb

To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

Walkverb

To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

Walknoun

A trip made by walking.

Walknoun

A distance walked.

Walknoun

(sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

Walknoun

A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

Walknoun

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.

Walknoun

(poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

Walknoun

(baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

Walknoun

In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

Walknoun

An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

Walknoun

(historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

Walknoun

(historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

Walknoun

(graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.

Walknoun

(colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

Walknoun

A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Walkverb

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.

Walkverb

To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.

Walkverb

To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; - said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.

Walkverb

To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.

Walkverb

To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.

Walkverb

To move off; to depart.

Walkverb

To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.

Walkverb

To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as, to walk one's horses; to walk the dog.

Walkverb

To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.

Walkverb

To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a walk.

Walkverb

To move in a manner likened to walking.

Walknoun

The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.

Walknoun

The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.

Walknoun

Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.

Walknoun

That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.

Walknoun

A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.

Walknoun

Conduct; course of action; behavior.

Walknoun

The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.

Walknoun

In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

Walknoun

A place for keeping and training puppies.

Walknoun

the act of traveling by foot;

Walknoun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls;

Walknoun

manner of walking;

Walknoun

the act of walking somewhere;

Walknoun

a path set aside for walking;

Walknoun

a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

Walknoun

careers in general;

Walkverb

use one's feet to advance; advance by steps;

Walkverb

traverse or cover by walking;

Walkverb

accompany or escort;

Walkverb

obtain a base on balls

Walkverb

live or behave in a specified manner;

Walkverb

take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure;

Walkverb

give a base on balls to

Walkverb

be or act in association with;

Walkverb

make walk;

Walkverb

walk at a pace;

Walkverb

move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once

Walkverb

go on foot for recreation and exercise

Walkverb

travel over (a route or area) on foot

Walkverb

used to suggest that someone has achieved a state or position easily or undeservedly

Walkverb

move in a similar way to walking, but using one's hands or a support such as stilts

Walkverb

(of a quadruped) proceed with the slowest gait, always having at least two feet on the ground at once.

Walkverb

ride (a horse) at the slowest pace

Walkverb

guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot

Walkverb

take (a dog) out for exercise

Walkverb

train and look after (a hound puppy).

Walkverb

(of a thing) go missing or be stolen

Walkverb

abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job or commitment

Walkverb

be released from suspicion or from a charge

Walkverb

(of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.

Walkverb

reach first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.

Walkverb

allow or enable (a batter) to walk.

Walkverb

(of a ghost) be visible; appear

Walkverb

live or behave in a particular way

Walknoun

an act of travelling or an outing on foot

Walknoun

used to indicate the time that it will take to reach a place on foot or the distance to be travelled

Walknoun

a route recommended or marked out for recreational walking

Walknoun

a path

Walknoun

the round followed by a postman

Walknoun

an unhurried rate of movement on foot

Walknoun

the slowest gait of an animal

Walknoun

a person's manner of walking

Walknoun

a part of a forest under one keeper.

Walknoun

the place where a gamecock is kept.

Walknoun

a farm where a hound puppy is trained.

Walknoun

an instance of reaching first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.

Walknoun

a flock of snipe.