Definitions For Tread

noun

  • 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
  • The part of a tire that touches the ground : the pattern of raised lines on the surface of a tire
  • A mark made by a tire when it rolls over the ground
  • The part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground : the pattern of raised lines on the bottom of a shoe or boot

verb

  • Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
  • Mate with
  • Crush as if by treading on
  • Tread or stomp heavily or roughly
  • Put down or press the foot, place the foot
  • Apply (the tread) to a tire
  • To walk
  • To walk on or along (something)
  • To form (a path) by walking

Is Treads a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
7

The word Tread is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Tread in a Sentence

  • They slowly trod back to the camp.
  • Don't tread on the grass.
  • Treading the halls of the Senate
  • The treads of the tires were badly worn.
  • Running shoes with good treads

Synonyms for Tread

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