To beat or press with the feet.
Used in a Sentence
treads
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for treads.
Editorial note
But because they're small and have tank treads rather than legs no one seems worried about them.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To beat or press with the feet.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of treads gathered in one view.
To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for treads.
verb
To beat or press with the feet.
verb
To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
verb
To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
verb
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
Example sentences
But because they're small and have tank treads rather than legs no one seems worried about them.
And the reward for this is: The immense loneliness of the person who treads the new path.
Even with treads a vehicle that size couldn't handle the terrain that thing was going over.
Seven came back the next year, wearing hats of their sponsor Rockport, but sandals made of tire-treads instead of Rockport shoes.
It treads a fine line of where to let the language do the lifting and where to make you do it.
Often this treads dangerously close to pseudoscience and how they know more than doctors.
A insect-like robot or something with wheels or tank treads would outperform legs.
In many places, it beautifully treads the thin line between humour and wisdom - Grand Master Turing once dreamed that he was a machine.
Sure they are, that's why they have rubber pads on the treads.
The best ones used treads as that would allow for differential steering which was much easier on the inverse kinematics than the front wheel steering.
Imagine a robot about the size of a small refrigerator that creeps along the field on bulldozer treads, digging holes and dispensing seeds as it goes.
Not necessarily illegal, so long as the homeowner treads carefully.
Quote examples
I don't know that it was "scraping the bottom", some Russian subs are known to have caterpillar treads.
"Real program" treads close to No True Scotsman.
It seems to me that "black box" reverse engineering is nearly always protected, but "white box" reverse engineering treads a fine line, and in most cases trying to work with someone's JavaScript would be a very, very white box.
(I'm thinking the "Flight assisted Architecture" video, using swarms of drones to place lightweight blocks, and a modified car factory arm on treads, which I unfortunately can't find the link for right now.) Retrofitting this onto an existing crawler chassis makes this more practical.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use treads in a sentence?
But because they're small and have tank treads rather than legs no one seems worried about them.
What does treads mean?
To beat or press with the feet.
What part of speech is treads?
treads is commonly used as verb.