achlorophyllous (medicine) and tread 1, verb (oh)

achlorophyllous (medicine)

achlorophyllous

Without chlorophyll, as in fungi.

past participle trodden /5trCdn ?@ 5trB:dn/
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1 ?step in/on?
2 tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc
3 ?crush?
4 tread a path
5 tread water
6 ?walk?
7 tread the boards
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[Language: Old English; Origin: tredan]
?STEP IN/ON?
[I always + adverb/preposition] BrE to put your foot on or in something while you are walking
-synonym step step tread in/on
::Sorry, did I tread on your foot?
::She trod barefoot on the soft grass.
tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc
to be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation
::If I wanted to keep my job, I knew I'd have to tread lightly.
?CRUSH?
a) [T] BrE to press or crush something into the floor or ground with your feet
American Equivalent: tracktread sth into/onto/over sth
::Stop treading mud all over my clean kitchen floor!
::Bits of the broken vase got trodden into the carpet.
b) tread grapes
to crush grapes with your feet in order to produce juice for making Wine
tread a path
BrE written to take a particular action or series of actions
::Getting the right balance between Home and work is a difficult path to tread.
tread water
past tense and past participle treaded
a) to stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle
b) to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen
::All I could do was tread water until the contracts arrived.
?WALK?
[I,T always + adverb/preposition] literary to walk
::David trod wearily along behind the others.
tread the boards
humorous to work as an actor
-see also tread on sb's toes at toe 1 (3)

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