tread

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To step or walk, especially carefully or on a particular surface.

   Be careful where you tread, the floor is wet.

2. 2
   verb

   To behave or proceed in a certain way.

   He had to tread carefully when discussing the layoffs.

3. 3
   verb

   To press or crush something with the feet.

   Workers traditionally tread the grapes to make wine.

From Middle English treden, from Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

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