Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
tread .
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- adjective
crushed by being walked on. - verb Past participle of
tread
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Examples
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The way we as a people treat the poor and the marginalized and the down-trodden is perhaps the most deeply considered question in the Scriptures.
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As Ian Maclaren says, "The path was well trodden from the farmhouse to the university."
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Those houses, or rather dens, which stand there, have no sign of footway, or anything else trodden, which is one of the chiefest tokens of habitation.
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Those houses, or rather dens, which stand there, have no sign of footway, or anything else trodden, which is one of the chiefest tokens of habitation.
Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Richard Hakluyt 1584
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I followed a different path, the path trodden by journalists down the ages when they want to discover people's true thoughts.
Rush Limbaugh declares war over Sarah Palin and Margaret Thatcher 2011
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In the Liberalist mind the masses are supposed to be down trodden.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Capitalism and Developing Countries 2010
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Instead of blazing new trails -- something the band appears to have more than enough ambition to try -- it seems happy to follow an over-trodden path to the summit of rock-and-roll's Mount Olympus.
Kings of Leon bemoan their rock stardom on latest album, 'Come Around Sundown' Chris Richards 2010
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(A kick in the balls or arse would constitute this, and a kick in the balls is a well trodden part of humour) worth reading • Nora O'Neill at Bookshop Blog suggests using twitter to promote your bookstore.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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It was above Jackdaw Crag that my mobile phone glowed yellow like a jellyfish when inadvertently trodden on.
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He could have started another company or opted for a life of leisure, but this British expat took the less trodden road and used some of his new-found wealth to finance self-help projects for the poorest of the world's poor.
Wise Ethical Investment Seeks Profit Geoff Nairn 2011
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