English-Dutch translations for tread

  • begaan
    De landen die daaraan meedoen moeten bereid zijn om op weg naar de waarden van democratie en mensenrechten het juiste pad te begaan. The countries that sign up to them must be prepared to tread the right path towards democracy and human rights.
  • betreden
    De Europese Unie moet in het geweer komen als wij het rechte en nauwe pad van de duurzame ontwikkeling willen betreden. Intervention by the European Union is required if we are to tread the straight and narrow path of sustainable development. Hoeveel mensen zijn aan de Andalusische kust, in Dover, aan de Zuidkust van Frankrijk of in Italië omgekomen bij hun pogingen om Europese bodem te betreden? How many people have lost their lives in attempting to tread on European soil along the Andalusian coastline, in Dover, or on the coasts of southern France or Italy?
  • loopvlakEr mogen geen banden met vernieuwd loopvlak op de markt komen, die meer procesoliën bevatten dan de toegestane norm. Tread for retreading may not be placed on the market if it contains extender oils exceeding the limits indicated.
  • stampen
  • treden
    Degenen die er voorstander van zijn dat de VN in de toekomst mandaten verleent voor preventieve oorlogen, treden het volkenrecht met voeten. Those who would like to see the UN mandating pre-emptive warfare tread international law underfoot.
  • vertrappen

Definition of tread

  • To step or walk ; to trample
  • To step or walk upon
  • To beat or press with the feet
  • To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc
  • To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue
  • To copulate; said of birds
  • To copulate with
  • A step taken with the foot
  • The sound made when someone or something is walking
  • A way; a track or path
  • The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs
  • The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
  • The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle
  • The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet

Examples

  • He trod back and forth wearily
  • Dont tread on the lawn
  • Actors tread the boards
  • to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path

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