Trodden

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
     OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
     tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr[aum]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
     Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
     running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.]


     1. To set the foot; to step.
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              Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
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              The hard stone
              Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer.
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     2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
        cautious step.
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              Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
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     {To tread on} or {To tread upon}.
        (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou
            shalt tread upon their high places." --Deut. xxxiii.
            29.
        (b) to follow closely. "Year treads on year."
            --Wordsworth.
  
     {To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon. "Dreadful
        consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances
        to sin." --Milton.
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              One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trodden \Trod"den\,
     p. p. of {Tread}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tread
       n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: {pace}, {stride}]
       2: the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
       3: the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the
          ground
       4: structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a
          stair or step
       v 1: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush
            in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
            [syn: {step}]
       2: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
          across the fields" [syn: {trample}]
       3: crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
       4: brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the
          center
       5: apply (the tread) to a tire
       6: mate with; "male birds tread the females"
       [also: {trodden}, {trod}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trodden
       adj : crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her
             trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass
             was trodden and muddy" [syn: {trampled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trodden
       See {tread}