Tread+down
21tread — [[t]trɛd[/t]] v. trod, trod•den trod, tread•ing, 1) to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk 2) to step or walk, esp. so as to press, crush, or injure something; trample (usu. fol. by on or upon) 3) orn (of a male bird) to copulate 4)… …
22tread — 1. verb 1) he trod purposefully down the hall Syn: walk, step, stride, pace, go; march, tramp, plod, thump, stomp, trudge 2) the snow had been trodden down by the horses Syn …
23tread — 1. verb 1) he trod purposefully down the hall Syn: walk, step, stride, pace, march, tramp, plod, stomp, trudge 2) the snow had been trodden down by the horses Syn: crush, flat …
24tread-wear indicators — Bars of hard rubber that appear across the treads of a tire. They are 1.5 mm (1/16 ) above the base of the tread (the legal limit. They become visible when the tread has been worn down so that only 1.5 mm (a sixteenth of an inch) of tread is left …
25Down with the dust — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …
26tread on — chiefly Brit. set one s foot down on top of. → tread …
27tread — I. v. n. 1. Set the foot. 2. Walk, go. II. v. a. 1. Set the foot on, walk on, step on. 2. Stamp upon, press down with the foot, beat with the foot. 3. Crush under foot, trample. 4. Subdue, subject …
28beat down — Synonyms and related words: bargain, bear down, bend, bid, bid for, blow down, break, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burn down, cast down, castrate, chaffer, cheapen, chop down, clamp down on, coerce …
29clamp down on — Synonyms and related words: asphyxiate, beat down, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, choke off, coerce, compel, cork, cork up, cow, crack down on, crush, damp down, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, drown,… …
30keep down — Synonyms and related words: asphyxiate, beat down, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cork, cork up, cow, crack down on, crush, damp down, daunt, deprive of freedom, despotize …
