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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. Trod; p. p. Trodden, Trod; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Treading.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
     OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
     tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr["a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
     Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
     running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. Trade, Tramp, Trot.]
     1. To set the foot; to step.
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              Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
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              The hard stone
              Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer.
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     2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
        cautious step.
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              Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
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     To tread on or To tread upon.
        (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. ``Thou
            shalt tread upon their high places.'' --Deut. xxxiii.
            29.
        (b) to follow closely. ``Year treads on year.''
            --Wordsworth.
  
     To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon.
        ``Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those
        allowances to sin.'' --Milton.
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              One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Trodden \Trod"den\,
     p. p. of Tread.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. Trod; p. p. Trodden, Trod; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Treading.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
     OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
     tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr["a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
     Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
     running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. Trade, Tramp, Trot.]
     1. To set the foot; to step.
  
              Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
  
              The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and
              go.                                   --Chaucer.
  
     2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
        cautious step.
  
              Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
  
     To tread on or upon.
        (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. ``Thou
            shalt tread upon their high places.'' --Deut. xxxiii.
            29.
        (b) to follow closely. ``Year treads on year.''
            --Wordsworth.
  
     To tread upon the heels of, to follow close upon.
        ``Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those
        allowances to sin.'' --Milton.
  
              One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Trodden \Trod"den\,
     p. p. of Tread.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tread
       n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride]
       2: the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
       3: the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the
          ground
       4: structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a
          stair or step
       v 1: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush
            in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
            [syn: step]
       2: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
          across the fields" [syn: trample]
       3: crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
       4: brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the
          center
       5: apply (the tread) to a tire
       6: mate with; "male birds tread the females"
       [also: trodden, trod]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  trodden
       adj : crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her
             trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass
             was trodden and muddy" [syn: trampled]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  trodden
       See tread

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trodden
     a.
     crushed by being walked on.
     vb.
     (past participle of en tread nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  trodden
     a.
     crushed by being walked on.
     vb.
     (past participle of en tread nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  trodden
     a.
     crushed by being walked on.
     vb.
     (past participle of en tread nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  trodden
     a.
     crushed by being walked on.
     vb.
     (past participle of en tread nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trodden
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t rodden pperf=tread)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Trodden /tɹˈɒdən/
  مداس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  trodden /tɹˈɒdən/ 
  pošlapaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  trodden /tɹˈɒdən/ 
  šlapaný