tread

Sense 1 noun

a step in walking or running

Sense 2 verb

put down or press the foot, place the foot

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Sense 3 noun

the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

Sense 4 verb

tread or stomp heavily or roughly

The soldiers trampled across the fields

Sense 5 noun

the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

Sense 6 verb

crush as if by treading on

tread grapes to make wine

Sense 7 noun

structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

Sense 8 verb

brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

Sense 9 verb

apply (the tread) to a tire

Sense 10 verb

mate with

male birds tread the females