1. To drive or propel with the foot, as in sports such as football.
2. To kick a leg up.
3. To strike with the foot
4. To thrash about or strike out with the feet.
5. To make a goal
6. To stop consuming

(Homonym: steppe).
1. To put down the foot, place the foot; SYN. tread.
2. To take a step.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: trod, trodden).
1. To step or stomp heavily or roughly; SYN. trample.
2. To apply (the tread) to a tire.
3. To brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.
4. To crush as if by treading on, as of grapes.
5. To mate with, of male birds.