Collocations for "treads"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "treads" in context.
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tread
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- tread [lightly, carefully, softly]
- tread on [the flowers, her]
- tread water
- tread with [caution, care]
- tread down the [path, road, hill]
- tread in [the forest, difficult terrain]
- [didn't mean, wasn't trying] to tread on your toes
- trod on my foot
- treading on [dangerous territory, thin ice, delicate ground]
- treading through [the woods, unfamiliar ground, the rain]
- treading (the) grapes
- the tire's tread
- the tread is still good
- the tread is wearing [out, thin]
- [winter, rain, all-weather] tread
- driving with worn treads
- could hear the tread of footsteps
- moved with a [measured, deliberate] tread
'treads' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):