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Noun tread has 4 senses

pace, stride, tread - a step in walking or running
--₁ is a kind of step
--₁ is a part of walk, walking
Derived form: verb tread₁
tread - the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
--₂ is a kind of surface
--₂ is a part of pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre
Derived form: verb tread₅
tread - the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
--₃ is a kind of contact, tangency
tread - structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
--₄ is a kind of structural member
--₄ is a part of step, stair

Verb tread has 6 senses

step, tread - put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun tread₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
tread, trample - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
--₂ is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children tread to the playground
tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
--₃ is one way to squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
tread - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
--₄ is one way to brace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
tread - apply (the tread) to a tire
--₅ is one way to give, apply

Derived form: noun tread₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females"
--₆ is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody