0 to place one’s feet on -- træde på
1 to walk on, along, over etc -- gå
He trod the streets looking for a job.
2 to crush by putting one’s feet on -- trampe på
We watched them treading the grapes.
3 a way of walking or putting one’s feet -- gang
4 the grooved and patterned surface of a tyre/tire -- slidbane
The tread has been worn away.
5 the horizontal part of a step or stair on which the foot is placed. -- trappetrin
It must be stressed that there are a lot of unknowns in this crude analysis of a flight made with rebated treads.
The load is transmitted from tread to tread by the steel collar threaded on to the baluster.
The treads are made of precast concrete in a replica of the finely tapered section used in nineteenth-century staircases, and are built in 4v2 inches.
They put their faith in the rebates and cut the treads down to the elegant triangular section that became the standard for the nineteenth century.
The treads are separate and rebated, but without any additional stonework across the window.
He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me.
Other titular distinctions that might arise in the decision as to who may tread were of less importance.
But of course one must tread very carefully here.
