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Adjective trodden has 1 sense
- trampled, trodden - crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass was trodden and muddy"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
Verb tread has 6 senses
- step, tread - put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- tread, trample - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
--2 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children tread to the playground
- tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"
--3 is one way to squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tread - brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
--4 is one way to brace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tread - apply (the tread) to a tire
--5 is one way to give, apply
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tread - mate with; "male birds tread the females"
--6 is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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