tread
[ tred ]
/ trɛd /
verb (used without object), trod, trod·den or trod, tread·ing.
verb (used with object), trod, trod·den or trod, tread·ing.
noun
Idioms for tread
Origin of tread
before 900; (v.) Middle English
treden, Old English
tredan; cognate with Old Frisian
treda, Old Saxon
tredan, Dutch
treden, German
treten; akin to Old Norse
trotha, Gothic
trudan; (noun) Middle English
tred footprint, derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM tread
tread·er, noun o·ver·tread, noun sub·tread, nounWords nearby tread
tre corde,
treacherous,
treachery,
treacle,
treacle mustard,
tread,
tread the boards,
tread water,
treadle,
treadmill,
treas.
British Dictionary definitions for tread the boards
tread
/ (trɛd) /
verb treads, treading, trod, trodden or trod
noun
Derived forms of tread
treader, nounWord Origin for tread
Old English
tredan; related to Old Norse
trotha , Old High German
tretan, Swedish
träda
Idioms and Phrases with tread the boards (1 of 2)
tread the boards
Act on the stage, as in Her main ambition was to tread the boards in a big city. This idiom uses boards in the sense of “a theatrical stage,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s. It dates from the mid-1800s but was preceded by the idiom tread the stage, first recorded in 1691.
Idioms and Phrases with tread the boards (2 of 2)
tread