TREADING Synonyms

• the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

• of a path e.g.

• (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

• walking with slow regular strides

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

• (of movement) slow and laborious

• spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

• (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

• of a path e.g.

• walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• the sound of heavy treading or stomping

• the act of traveling by foot

• close enough to be walked to

• travelling about without any clear destination

• migratory

• of a path e.g.

• having no fixed course

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

• walk leisurely

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• a careless leisurely gait

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

• work doggedly or persistently

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• the distance covered by a step

• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

• relative position in a graded series

• a short distance

• the sound of a step of someone walking

• a musical interval of two semitones

• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

• shift or move by taking a step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• cause (a computer) to execute a single command

• treat badly

• furnish with steps

• move with one's feet in a specific manner

• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

• place (a ship's mast) in its step

• measure (distances) by pacing

• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation

• a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

• walk heavily

• a step in walking or running

• the distance covered by a step

• significant progress (especially in the phrase `make strides')

• walk with long steps

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

• a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

• any long and difficult trip

• journey on foot, especially in the mountains

• make a long and difficult journey

• a long difficult walk

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud