The tread of a tire or track refers to the patterns on its rubber circumference that makes contact with the road. As tires are used, the tread is worn off, limiting its effectiveness in providing traction. A worn tire tread can often be retreaded.
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Famous quotes containing the word tread:
“Pervading my being:
my dead wife’s comb, in the room
as I tread on it.”
—Taniguchi Buson (1715–1783)
“One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,
So fast they follow.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“For wheresoe’er I turn my ravished eyes,
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise,
Poetic fields encompass me around,
And still I seem to tread on classic ground.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)