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| Main Entry: |
tread
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk; bear down |
| Synonyms: | ambulate, crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, stamp on, step, step on, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
| Synonyms: | advance, boot, debouch, drill, file, forge ahead, go on, hoof it, journey, mount, move, move out, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, step out, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk back and forth |
| Synonyms: | ambulate, canter, foot it, gallop, hoof, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, walk up and down |
| Antonyms: | sit, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- We deify music's past because of the gigantic composers who once trod the earth.
- Manufacturing is following exactly the same path that farming trod earlier.
- Chomolungma is not particularly fond of being trod upon.
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | clump, drag, flounder, hike, lumber, plug, schlepp, slog, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe, walk lightly |
| Main Entry: | prance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort; show off |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, dance, flounce, foot it, frisk, gambol, hoof it, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
| Synonyms: | advance, ambulate, ascend, dance, descend, go backward, go down, go forward, go up, hoof, mince, move backward, move forward, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | crush, footslog, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stodge, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, tromp, trudge, walk over |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | trample |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk forcibly over |
| Synonyms: | bruise, crush, encroach, flatten, grind, hurt, infringe, injure, override, overwhelm, pound, ride roughshod over, run over, squash, stamp, step on, stomp, tramp, tread, tromp, violate |
| Main Entry: | traverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cross over; travel |
| Synonyms: | bisect, bridge, cover, crisscross, cross, cut across, decussate, do, go across, go over, intersect, move over, negotiate, pace, pass over, pass through, perambulate, peregrinate, ply, quarter, range, roam, span, track, transverse, travel over, tread, walk, wander |
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