Clues for the word "TREAD"
We've had 160 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 491 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 30, 2025.
Definition of tread
- v. i. - To set the foot; to step.
- v. i. - To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
- v. i. - To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
- v. t. - To step or walk on.
- v. t. - To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
- v. t. - To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
- v. t. - To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
- v. t. - To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.
- n. - A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
- n. - Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
- n. - Way; track; path.
- n. - The act of copulation in birds.
- n. - The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
- n. - The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- n. - The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
- n. - The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
- n. - The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- n. - A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
Referring Clues
- "Don't ___ on me" (Revolutionary flag motto)
- Riser's partner
- Escalator feature
- Stairmaster part
- Sound of a step
- Stair part
- Tire pattern
- Its lack results in baldness
- Auto tire necessity
- Step
- Escalator part
- Walk (on)
- See 45-Across
- Part of a stairstep
- It may be balding
- Radial pattern
- "Don't ___ on me"
- Trample
- Loss at a bald spot
- ___ water
- It may leave its mark on the road
- Opposite of baldness
- "Don't ___ on me" (slogan of the American Revolution)
- Sole pattern
- Tire feature
- Flight part
- It gives a Goodyear its grip
- Tire mark
- Word on a revolutionary flag
- Take steps
- Bald tire's lack
- Riser partner
- Pattern on a shoe sole
- Its gradual loss leads to baldness
- Mark on a trail
- It may be worn on a sneaker
- Walk, often lightly
- Traction aid
- Stamp
- Sneaker surface
- Tire surface
- Auto-tire pattern
- Part of a tire
- Tire track
- Stair component
- Auto-tire surface
- "Don't ___ on me"
- Footprint
- Goodyear pattern
- Sneaker bottom
- Word on an early American flag
- It's groovy on the road
- Radial footprint
- Part of a shoe
- Tire grooves
- Piece between risers
- Sneaker-sole surface
- It gives a tire its grip
- Tire print
- It's worn while driving
- Firestone surface
- Shoe surface
- Tire asset
- Riser's relative
- Staircase part
- Sneaker feature
- Shoe bottom
- Shoe bottom
- Road gripper
- Trample (on)
- Road holder
- Shoe feature
- Gripping pattern
- Source of car wreck evidence
- Knobs on a bicycle tire
- Grooved tire surface
- Stairmaster surface
- Puma part
- Kind of mill
- Walk on
- Stair element
- Car tire's outer layer
- Adidas feature
- Sno-Cat feature
- Pattern perfected by Firestone
- Tire's "footprint"
- Tires need
- Tire's groove pattern
- Where the rubber meets the road
- Swim alternative
- Before mill or water
- It makes tracks
- Thing underfoot?
- Walk along
- Caterpillar foot
- Replaceable tire part
- Bottom part of a tank
- Pirelli pattern
- Tire-surface pattern
- Sneaker pattern
- Tire part
- Tyre pattern
- Tyre surface
- Tire imprint
- Stomp heavily
- Grooved surface of a tyre
- Walk
- Time to solve Tramp?
- What your tyres will do on the road
- Plod tense - do this in library?
- Rated (anag)
- Step in tango requiring study
- Step in creating trade
- Put your foot down!
- Footprint creates initially unvoiced terror
- Walk, having time to understand
- Put one's foot down!
- Put one's foot down, when it's time to study
- Moulded part of a tyre
- Step (heavily)
- Act in walk-on parts?
- Sole clue for a detective?
- Step (on)
- Walk heavily
- Depth of grooving in a tyre
- Step layer
- Sneaker bottom's pattern
- Nike pattern
- Tire's pattern
- Step part
- Firestone feature
- It gets bald from driving
- Tyre's grooved surface
- Tire buyer's concern
- It wears on a tire
- Plod
- Crush underfoot
- Taking humour to begin with - Screw has it and Tramp
- What a bald tire lacks
- Pattern of tire ridges
- Stomp
- "___ lightly"
- It's full of grooves
- Possibly rated a tyre pattern
- Lack of this results in baldness
- Stamp a letter, we understand
- Pattern on a sole
- Footfall
- Sneaker sole pattern
- 34-Across pattern
- Puma feature
- Footstep
- Tank part
- Source of a tire's traction
- Tire part that might be measured with a "penny test"
- Road marker?
- Place to get bike wear
- Grooved tire pattern
- Its loss can cause baldness
- Sole protector?
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 30, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 17, 2025
- Daily American - December 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 05, 2025
- Daily American - October 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 14, 2025
- LA Times - September 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2025
- Daily American - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - August 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 11, 2025
- LA Times - May 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2025
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