treads
- treads
- Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
- Mate with; "male birds tread the females"
- Crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
- Tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
- Put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
- Apply (the tread) to a tire
- A step in walking or running
- Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
- The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
- The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire