Meaning

1 senses

  1. To tread lightly.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

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Forms

treads softly, treading softly, trod softly, trodden softly
Base formtread softly · to tread softly
3rd person singulartreads softly
Present participletreading softly
Past simpletrod softly / treaded softly
Past participletrodden softly / trod softly / treaded softly

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytread softly
he, she, ittreads softly

Past simpleLesson

all personstrod softly

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trodden softly
he, she, ithas trodden softly

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tread softly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
treacherousC2treacheryC2treadB2treadmilltreasontreasureA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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