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tread water

US pronunciation
American soundtread water
treadwater
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2 syllables
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Final r is pronounced in US English

tread - water -> tread water

Myanmar meaning

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tread /tred/ v

(pt trod /trɒd/ ; pp trodden /'trɒdn/ or trod )
၁။ ~ (on, etc sth/ sb) နင်းသည်။ လျှောက်သည်။ လှမ်းသည်။ You're treading on my toe. ❍ Mind you don't tread in that puddle. ❍ (fig ) It is a sensitive issue so we must tread (ie speak, proceed) carefully. ❍ (rhet ) The expedition took us to places where no one had trod before.
၂။ ~ sth (in/ down/ out) နင်းသည်။ tread grapes (ie to make wine). ❍ Tread the earth down around the roots after planting. ❍ Don't tread ash into the carpet!
၃။ (ဖုန်နေအောင်) သွားထားသည်။ a well- trodden path along the cliff edge.
n
၁။ [sing] လမ်းလျှောက်ဟန်။ ခြေသံ။ walk with a heavy tread.
၂။ [C] လှေကားထစ်။ လှေကားဆန်။
၃။ [C,U] တာယာပန်း။ Driving with worn treads can be dangerous.
၄။ [C,U] ဖိနပ်ခုံတွင် ဖော်ထားသည့် ပန်း။
❏ tread on sb's heels [IDM ] ကပ်လိုက်သည်။ ထက်ကြပ် လိုက်သည်။ ဖဝါးခြေထပ်လိုက်သည်။
❏ tread on sb; (US ) step on sb [PHRV ](infml ) ခုတုံးလုပ် သည်။ ဘယ်သူသေသေ ငတေမာပြီးရော လုပ်သည်။ You can't just go around treading on people.
❏ tread on sb's toes [IDM ](infml ) ထိကပါးရိကပါးလုပ် သည်။ ပုတ်ခတ်သည်။ I don't want to tread on anybody's toes so I'll keep quiet.
❏ tread water [IDM ] (ရေ၌) ကိုယ်ဖော့သည်။

More examples
  • Tutilo kept his eyes on the cobbles, treading carefully.
  • [tread on] : As she stumbled in the dark, she trod on something hard.
  • Don’t tread mud into the carpet.
Synonyms
walk, stride, tramp, step, hoof it, ambulate, crush, flatten, foot, footfall, footstep, footsteps, gait, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, press, quell, repress, squash, stamp, stamp on, step on, stomp, subdue, subjugate, suppress, trace, track, traipse, trample, troop, trudge
Antonyms
encourage, let go, release, tiptoe
Cross references
walkstridetrampstephoof itambulatecrushflattenfootfootfallfootstepfootstepsgaithikehoofmarchoppresspaceplodpressquellrepresssquashstampstamp onstep onstompsubdue
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