heavy+tread
1tread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs. ▪ light, soft ▪ measured, slow …
2tread — [[t]tre̱d[/t]] treads, treading, trod, trodden 1) VERB If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. [V on n] Oh, sorry, I didn t mean to tread on your foot... [V on n] I had white rugs on the floor, but… …
3tread — 1 verb past tense trod past participle trodden 1 STEP IN/ON (intransitive always + adv/prep) BrE to put your foot on or in something while you are walking; step (+ in/on): Sorry did I tread on your foot? | Be careful not to tread on that broken… …
4tread — 01. The [tread] of the stairs has been covered with rubber to keep people from slipping. 02. The large dog [trod] heavily across the wet grass. 03. There were [tread] marks on the grass where the car had backed up. 04. My new bicycle tires have a …
5tread — v. & n. v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one s foot; walk or step (do not tread on the grass; trod on a snail). b (of the foot) be set down. 2 tr. a walk on. b (often foll. by down) press or crush with the feet. 3 …
6tread — 1. noun /tɻɛd/ a) The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. The steps fell lightly and oddly, with a certain swing, for all they went so slowly; it was different indeed from the heavy creaking tread of Henry… …
7tread — 1. verb 1) he trod purposefully down the hall Syn: walk, step, stride, pace, go; march, tramp, plod, thump, stomp, trudge 2) the snow had been trodden down by the horses Syn …
8tread — 1. verb 1) he trod purposefully down the hall Syn: walk, step, stride, pace, march, tramp, plod, stomp, trudge 2) the snow had been trodden down by the horses Syn: crush, flat …
9heavy-footed — /ˈhɛvi fʊtəd/ (say hevee footuhd) adjective 1. having a heavy tread while walking. 2. insensitive; overbearing …
10Heavy equipment (construction) — Heavy machinery redirects here. For the album by Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and Allan Holdsworth, see Heavy Machinery (album). Heavy equipment vehicles of various types parking near a highway construction site …
