to tread heavily
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 — 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 …
3heavily — adv. Heavily is used with these adjectives: ↑armed, ↑armoured, ↑biased, ↑concentrated, ↑congested, ↑contaminated, ↑dependent, ↑engaged, ↑exposed, ↑fortified, ↑indebted, ↑ …
4tread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. walk, step, pace; trample, crush; stamp, tramp; dance. See travel, motion. tread water II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. step, gait, walk, march, footstep; see also tramp 2 . v. Syn. walk, step, step on; see… …
5tramp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. traveler, vagabond, hobo, vagrant, bum, panhandler; jaunt, journey, hike, freighter; tread, walk, stroll; slang, prostitute. See populace, impurity. v. i. walk, tread, step, plod, trudge, travel,… …
6trample — trampler, n. /tram peuhl/, v., trampled, trampling, n. v.i. 1. to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp. 2. to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed. 3. to act in a harsh,… …
7trample — tram•ple [[t]ˈtræm pəl[/t]] v. pled, pling, n. 1) to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp 2) to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usu. fol. by on, upon, or over) 3) to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot 4)… …
8tramp — /træmp / (say tramp) verb (i) 1. to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step. 2. to walk steadily; march; trudge. 3. to go about as a vagrant or tramp. 4. to make a voyage on a tramp (def. 21). 5. to hike. 6. NZ → bushwalk (def. 1). 7.… …
9trample — [c]/ˈtræmpəl / (say trampuhl) verb (trampled, trampling) –verb (i) 1. to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp. –verb (t) 2. to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot, etc. 3. to treat with contempt. 4. to domineer… …
10tramp — [[t]træmp[/t]] v. i. 1) to tread or walk with a firm, heavy step 2) to tread heavily or trample (usu. fol. by on or upon) 3) to walk steadily; march; trudge 4) to go on a walking excursion; hike 5) to go about as a vagabond or tramp 6) to make a… …
