tread
n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: {pace}, {stride}]
2: the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that touches the ground
3: the horizontal part of a stair or step
v 1: put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where
angels fear to tread" [syn: {step}]
2: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
across the fields" [syn: {trample}]
3: crush as if by treading on, as of grapes
4: brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the
center
5: apply (the tread) to a tire
6: mate with, of male birds