Tread is defined as to step on or over or to stay afloat in water.
(verb)See tread in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb trod, treaded, trodden, trod, treaded, treading
Origin: ME treden < OE tredan, akin to Ger treten < IE *dreu- < base *drā, to run, step > trap
intransitive verb
noun
See tread in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb trod trod (trŏd), trod·den (trŏdˈn) or trod, tread·ing, treads verb, transitive
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Origin: Middle English treden
Origin: , from Old English tredan
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