tread
Base form
tread
/tred/
Past simple
trodtrod / treaded
/trɒd//trɑːd/ /ˈtredɪd/
Past participle
trodden / trodtrodden / trod / treaded
/ˈtrɒdn/ /trɒd//ˈtrɑːdn/ /trɑːd/ /ˈtredɪd/
MeaningC1
to put your foot down while walking; to walk on something
to tread water
In use
- Negative · Form 1Please don’t tread mud into the new carpet!
- Imperative · Form 1Tread carefully — the ice is thin here.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday someone trod on my toe in the queue.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night I trod in a puddle and soaked my sock.
- Passive · Form 3In the past, grapes were trodden with bare feet to make wine.
- Present perfect · Form 3Ugh, I’ve trodden in something nasty!
Watch out
Trod, then trodden, like forgot, forgotten: someone has trodden on my foot. Trodded and treaden are wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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