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(verb) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center |
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Related Words: brace |
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| 2. |
(verb) mate with, of male birds |
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Related Words: copulate, couple, mate, pair |
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(verb) crush as if by treading on, as of grapes |
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Related Words: crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch |
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(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" |
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Synonyms: trample |
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Related Words: treadle, walk |
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(verb) apply (the tread) to a tire |
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Related Words: apply, give |
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(noun) the horizontal part of a stair or step |
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Related Words: structural member |
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(noun) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that touches the ground |
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Related Words: contact, tangency |
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(verb) put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" |
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Synonyms: step |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, step on, travel, tread on |
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(noun) a step in walking or running |
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Synonyms: pace, stride |
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Related Words: step |
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