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Tread
King James Dictionary
or TREAD, tred. pret. trod pp. trod, troden. L. trudo.
1. To set the foot.
Where'er you tread, the blushing flow'rs shall rise.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
2. To walk or go.
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours. Deuteronomy 11
3. To walk with form or state.
Ye that stately tread, or lowly creep.
4. To copulate, as fowls.
To tread or tread on, to trample to set the foot on in contempt.
Thou shalt tread upon their high places. Det 33
TREAD, tred. To step or walk on.
Forbid to tread the promis'd land he saw.
1. To press under the feet.
2. To beat or press with the feet as, to tread a path to tread land when too light a well trodden path.
3. To walk in a formal or stately manner.
He thought she trod the ground with greater grace.
4. To crush under the foot to trample in contempt or hatred, or to subdue. Psalms 44; 60 .
5. To compress, as a fowl.
To tread the state, to act as a stage-player to perform a part in a drama.
To tread or tread out, to press out with the feet to press out wine or wheat as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
They tread their wine presses and suffer thirst. Job 24
TREAD, n. tred. A step or stepping pressure with the foot as a nimble tread cautious tread doubtful tread.
1. Way track path. Little used.
2. Compression of the male fowl.
3. Manner of stepping as, a horse has a good tread.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Tread'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/tread.html.
