treading
Pressing down underfoot
Treading is the present participle of tread, meaning to walk on or step.
You might be treading carefully on thin ice, literally or figuratively.
Treading water is staying afloat by moving the legs—and by extension, making just enough effort to maintain position without advancing.
Treading the boards is an old expression for acting on stage.
Moving on foot
- stridingWalking with long steps
- pacingRate of movement
- marchingRhythmic group walking
- trampingWalking heavily, laboriously
plodding · footfall · gait · ambulating · strolling · sauntering · hiking · rambling
Carry on person
- wornDamaged by use
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- scuffingSurface abrasion from friction
thinning · threadbare · deterioration · fading · grooves · smoothing · paths · weathering
Crushing underfoot repeatedly
- stampingForceful foot motion
- stompingTreading heavily, forcefully
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- squashingCrushing by pressure
flattening · grinding · compressing · underfoot · mashing · pounding · footprint · impression
Hard road covering
- stairsSet of steps
- floorboardWooden panel underfoot
- carpetThick floor textile
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
path · trail · terrain · threshold · ground · cobblestone · tile · hardwood
stepping
Moving on foot
tramping · plodding · footfall · gait · ambulating · strolling · sauntering · hiking · rambling · trekking
wear
Carry on person
scuffing · thinning · threadbare · deterioration · fading · grooves · smoothing · paths · weathering · degradation
trampling
Crushing underfoot repeatedly
- stampingForceful foot motion
- stompingTreading heavily, forcefully
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
squashing · flattening · grinding · compressing · underfoot · mashing · pounding · footprint · impression · grape
pavement
Hard road covering
- stairsSet of steps
- floorboardWooden panel underfoot
- carpetThick floor textile
gravel · path · trail · terrain · threshold · ground · cobblestone · tile · hardwood · linoleum
tiptoeing
Walking on foot-fronts
easing · delicate · tentative · careful · gingerly · wary · softly · lightly · padding · furtive
swimming
Locomotion through water
bobbing · paddling · submersion · endurance · drowning · legs · kicking · pool · current · exhaustion
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, sauntering
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- shoemakingcobbler, cordwainer, cobbling, last, shoe lasts
- threshingwinnowing, flail, chaff, straw, grain
treadinghovering
Suspended without support
floating · flying · levitating · gliding · soaring
treadingtiptoeing
Walking on foot-fronts
floating · skimming · gliding · light-footed
- treading waterStaying afloat vertically
- treading lightlyMoving with minimal impact
- treading the boardsActing in theater