Definitions
Stepped or walked on; past tense of tread.
Word origin
From Middle English trod, past participle of treden; see tread. Compare Norwegian trod (“a path”).
Used in a sentence
“Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason”
“It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down.”
“They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Stepped heavily”4 letters
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