tread

/tred/ verb (past tense trod, past participle trodden)

Translation

› [I, T] mainly UK to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot

basmak, basıp ezmek, çiğnemek

I trod on a piece of broken glass. David trod in some paint. The kids were treading cake crumbs into the carpet.1608

tread carefully/gently/lightly, etc › to be careful what you say so that you do not upset someone

dikkatli/nazik/hafifçe davranmak/söylemek/hareket etmek

1843

tread water › to float vertically in the water by moving your arms and legs up and down

suda dikey olarak yüzmek/hareket etmek; suda dik durmak

401

(Definition of tread verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If two people are thrown together, they meet each other in a way that was not planned, or events...

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