Tread, v. t.
 1. To step or walk on.
    Forbid to tread the promised land he saw.   --Prior.
    Methought she trod the ground with greater grace.   --Dryden.
 2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
 3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. “ I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.”
 They have measured many a mile,
 To tread a measure with you on this grass.   --Shak.
 4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
    Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.   --Ps. xliv. 5.
 5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.
 To tread out, to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
 To tread the stage, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.