Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tread (-ing, trod, trodden)
traverse (-d, -ing, -s)treason
tread (-ing, trod, trodden), v. [OE tredan.]
- Step; go.
- Walk in a stately fashion.
- Phrase. “Tread on”: trample; step on.
- Phrase. “Tread out”: crush; trample; obliterate.
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