| Main Entry: | tread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk; bear down |
Synonyms: |
ambulate, crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, stamp on, step, step on, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge |
| Main Entry: | beaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forged |
Synonyms: |
formed, hammered, milled, pounded, rolled, shaped, stamped, tamped, tramped, tramped down, trodden, worked |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
Synonyms: |
beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, comminute, contriturate, contuse, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, kablooey, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
Synonyms: |
advance, boot, debouch, drill, file, forge ahead, go on, hoof it, journey, mount, move, move out, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, step out, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk back and forth |
Synonyms: |
ambulate, canter, foot it, gallop, hoof, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, walk up and down |
Antonyms: |
sit, stay |
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
Synonyms: |
clump, drag, flounder, hike, lumber, plug, schlepp, slog, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow |
Antonyms: |
tiptoe, walk lightly |
| Main Entry: | prance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort; show off |
Synonyms: |
bound, caper, dance, flounce, foot it, frisk, gambol, hoof it, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
Synonyms: |
advance, ambulate, ascend, dance, descend, go backward, go down, go forward, go up, hoof, mince, move backward, move forward, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
Synonyms: |
crush, footslog, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stodge, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, tromp, trudge, walk over |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
Antonyms: |
tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | trample |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk forcibly over |
Synonyms: |
bruise, crush, encroach, flatten, grind, hurt, infringe, injure, override, overwhelm, pound, ride roughshod over, run over, squash, stamp, step on, stomp, tramp, tread, tromp, violate |