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Definitions for Trod

[1] a simple past tense and past participle of tread.
[2] to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
[3] to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually followed by on or upon ): to tread on a person's foot.
[4] (of a male bird) to copulate.
[5] to step or walk on, about, in, or along.
[6] to trample or crush underfoot.
[7] to form by the action of walking or trampling: to tread a path.
[8] to treat with disdainful harshness or cruelty; crush; oppress.
[9] to perform by walking or dancing: to tread a measure.
[10] (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird).
[11] the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
[12] the sound of footsteps.
[13] manner of treading or walking.
[14] a single step as in walking.
[15] any of various things or parts on which a person or thing treads, stands, or moves.
[16] the part of the under surface of the foot or of a shoe that touches the ground.
[17] the horizontal upper surface of a step in a stair, on which the foot is placed.
[18] the part of a wheel, tire, or runner that bears on the road, rail, etc.
[19] the pattern raised on or cut into the face of a rubber tire.
[20] Also caterpillar tread . a metal tread on which a Caterpillar-style vehicle moves.
[21] Railroads . that part of a rail in contact with the treads of wheels.
[22] the past tense and a past participle of tread
[23] to walk or trample in, on, over, or across (something)
[24] (when intr, foll by on ) to crush or squash by or as if by treading to tread grapes ; to tread on a spider
[25] (intr sometimes foll by on ) to subdue or repress, as by doing injury (to) to tread on one's inferiors
[26] (tr) to do by walking or dancing to tread a measure
[27] (tr) (of a male bird) to copulate with (a female bird)
[28] tread lightly to proceed with delicacy or tact
[29] tread on someone's toes to offend or insult someone, esp by infringing on his sphere of action, etc
[30] tread water to stay afloat in an upright position by moving the legs in a walking motion
[31] a manner or style of walking, dancing, etc a light tread
[32] the act of treading
[33] the top surface of a step in a staircase
[34] the outer part of a tyre or wheel that makes contact with the road, esp the grooved surface of a pneumatic tyre
[35] the part of a rail that wheels touch
[36] the part of a shoe that is generally in contact with the ground
[37] vet science an injury to a horse's foot caused by the opposite foot, or the foot of another horse
[38] a rare word for footprint

Words related to Trod

trample, squash, traipse, march, subdue, stride, stamp, hike, trudge, ambulate, plod, repress, crush, pace, step, tramp, quell, foot, subjugate, hoof

Words nearby Trod

trochlear nerve, trochlear spine, trochoid, trochoid joint, trochophore, trod, trodden, trode, troezen, troffer, trog

Origin of Trod

eadbefore 900; (v.) Middle English treden, Old English tredan; cognate with Old Frisian treda, Old Saxon tredan, Dutch treden, German treten; akin to Old Norse trotha, Gothic trudan; (noun) Middle English tred footprint, derivative of the v.

Other words from Trod

well-trod , adjective
tread·er , noun
o·ver·tread , noun
sub·tread , noun

Word origin for Trod

eadOld English tredan ; related to Old Norse trotha , Old High German tretan , Swedish träda

Synonyms for Trod

squash, step on, trample, ambulate, crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, stamp, step, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, troop, trudge, stamp on