Synonym: pace, step, walk. Similar words: get ready, read, treat, bread, treaty, stream, streak, thread. Meaning: [tred] n. 1. a step in walking or running 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 2. tread or stomp heavily or roughly 3. crush as if by treading on 4. brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center 5. apply (the tread) to a tire 6. mate with.
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61. Don't tread around bushes to firm them, this will cut off the oxygen supply to the roots.
62. Supervisors and personnel officers will be instructed to tread carefully when dealing with workers.
63. It later appeared to have succeeded in organizing talks between Johnson and Doe, managing to tread a carefully neutral path.
64. They must tread ever forward, regardless of discomfort, heedless of exhaustion.
65. They took great care and were concentrating on a small area, trying hard not to tread on the bones.
66. In these times well financed companies can afford to tread water and pick off suitable acquisitions without pressure.
67. Caro waited in the kitchen till she heard Bryony's heavy tread going from the bathroom to her bedroom.
68. Make sure to tread the soil firm round all newly planted trees and shrubs, also fruit trees.
69. The press learned to tread carefully on the subject of their leaders' health during the Soviet era.
70. It behooves companies to tread carefully in this area because even seemingly innocuous questions can get them into trouble.
71. I was 22 or 23 before I decided to tread the boards.
72. Censorship was not legally defined so the opposition movement had to tread carefully.
73. Instead, agencies find they must tread a tricky path between the competing claims of state regulation and free enterprise.
74. The full report is likely to recommend the curriculum tread a line between principles and content.
75. I personally would have prefered two millimetres, the full width of tread and full circumference.
76. Then in 1850, a wire suspension bridge twisted and crumpled under the tread of marching troops.
77. A good tread will generally give a good grip, but as with a car, watch out on wet ground!
78. The tyre tread does not protrude beyond the wheel arch, but the side wall does noticeably.
79. Nevertheless, that I may be privileged to tread upon flagstones that worshippers have trod for centuries is a joy.
80. His bare feet could identify all the frayed patches on the long ribbon of carpet and each worn tread on the stairs.
81. It is important, however, to tread carefully around the concept of core groups.
82. But I don't want us to tread on each other's toes.
83. To examine the work, viewers must decide whether to tread on a flag laid neatly on the floor before it.
84. The system of dispute resolution attempts to tread a careful line between consumer and vendor interests.
85. A White House document cautioned political appointees such as Herman to tread cautiously in their political work.
86. Human foot tread and wheeled vehicles of any kind really do damage.
87. She heard Adam's heavy tread moving down the hall, and slowed a little,[http://sentencedict.com] her heart shrinking within her.
88. Recalling this, I quietly tread the stairs and stand in the dark hall outside his door.
89. Evidence of the erosion is clear along the route and walkers should tread carefully.
90. She knew the determined stamp of her younger daughter, but there was also a heavier tread.
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