trod

[trod]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of tread.

trod

/ trɒd /

verb

1. the past tense and a past participle of tread

Other Word Forms

• well-trod adjective

Example Sentences

Asian markets trod water Thursday as euphoria over the end of a record US government shutdown petered, with focus back on Federal Reserve interest rates and tech bubble worries.

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On a negative note for Barca, De Jong was dismissed in stoppage time for a second yellow card as he trod on Iago Aspas' foot.

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Tourists have long come here, whether to day-trip through hiking trails where prophets once trod or visit the village’s different churches.

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Amid this legal and institutional tug-of-war, the Spanish federation offered its support, while the government trod cautiously through the regulatory maze, waiting to see how events unfolded.

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She is “traumatized without trauma. There were footprints on her mind where no one had trod.”

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Related Words

• squash 
• step on 
• trample