tread

1. A step taken with the foot.

   Tritt, Schritt, Stufe

   a step in walking or running

2. A manner of stepping.

3. The sound made when someone or something is walking.

4. A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.

5. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.

   Profil, Profil, Sohlenprofil

   протекторprotektor

6. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.

7. The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

8. The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.

9. The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

10. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.

11. (obsolete)A way; a track or path.

1. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

   Дурні кидаються туди, куди страхаються ступнути ангели. — shanghainese

   ruДуракам закон не писан. — marafon

   deNarren stürzen sich auf etwas, wovor Engel zurückschrecken. — Tamy

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2. Tom is treading on thin ice.

   ruТом ступает по тонкому льду. — Nattiko

   deTom wandelt auf dünnem Eis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Tom is treading on very thin ice.

   ruТом ходит по очень тонкому льду. — odexed

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4. We're treading on very thin ice.

   ruМы идём по очень тонкому льду. — Ivanovb

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5. You're treading on thin ice.

   ruТы ходишь по тонкому льду. — Karok

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