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tread — [[t]tre̱d[/t]] treads, treading, trod, trodden 1) VERB If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. [V on n] Oh, sorry, I didn t mean to tread on your foot... [V on n] I had white rugs on the floor, but… … English dictionary
Marlborough (ship) — For other uses, see Marlborough (disambiguation). The Marlborough in Port Chalmers (NZ) Career (Great Britain) … Wikipedia
diffident — I adjective abashed, awestricken, awestruck, bashful, blushful, blushing, cautious, demure, deprecating, deprecative, diffidens, embarrassed, fainthearted, faltering, hesitating, humble, humbled, lacking self confidence, modest, overanxious,… … Law dictionary
tread — [c]/trɛd / (say tred) verb (trod or, Archaic, trode, trodden or trod, treading) –verb (t) 1. to step or walk on, about, in, or along. 2. to trample or cr …
tread — tread1 [tred] v past tense trod [trɔd US tra:d] past participle trodden [ˈtrɔdn US ˈtra:dn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(step in/on)¦ 2 tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc 3¦(crush)¦ 4 tread a path 5 tread water 6¦(walk)¦ 7 tread the boards ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old … Dictionary of contemporary English
tread — 1 verb past tense trod past participle trodden 1 STEP IN/ON (intransitive always + adv/prep) BrE to put your foot on or in something while you are walking; step (+ in/on): Sorry did I tread on your foot? | Be careful not to tread on that broken… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs. ▪ light, soft ▪ measured, slow … Collocations dictionary
