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Meanings of tread down in English

Spanish
pisar

Walk on and flatten.

        pisar
        Usage of tread down in English
        1
        Giants that tread down forests like grass are the creations of humility.
        Orthodoxy
        2
        Custo could hear the soft pad of his tread down the steps.
        Shadow fall
        3
        The strongest, the most self-assertive, tend to tread down the weaker.
        Evolution and Ethics, and Other Essays
        4
        But 'hungry generations' soon tread down the muser in a city.
        Desperate Remedies
        5
        Tu-Kila-Kila walked with a leisurely tread down the lines and surveyed the men critically.
        The Great Taboo
        6
        Theodora and Ellen came with her to help tread down the hay on the cart.
        A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
        7
        Such a community will tread down obstacles now deemed invincible, and turn them into helps.
        Harvard Classics Volume 28 / Essays English and American
        8
        Yet how can I choke the truth and tread down the human heart within me?
        Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
        9
        The cattle tread down the herbs which at one season of the year constituted his food.
        Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
        10
        Under this sign did Constantius Caesar subdue Chosroes; under it shall riotous Francis tread down himself!
        The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
        11
        Then her hurried tread down the short hall toward the garage at the rear of the house.
        Dark pursuit
        12
        He tiptoed to the door and went with his oddly light and cat-footed tread down the hill.
        Then I'll Come Back to You
        13
        What I should have done was to fill in, tread down, and leave you at the bottom.
        The Harvester
        14
        The angry God looms above us with flaming features and avenging weapons to tread down his enemies.
        The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
        15
        A hurried tread down the passageway followed.
        The Poisoned Pen
        16
        The servant stood in the doorway watching her as she went with a measured tread down the street.
        Wessex Tales
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