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betread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-tread
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tread over or walk upon.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English bitreden, from Old English betredan, equivalent to be- + tread. Cognate with German betreten, Middle Low German betreden, Dutch betreden, Swedish beträda, Norwegian Bokmål betrede, betre and Danish betræde.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

betreads (present, singular) betreading (participle, present) betrod (past) betrodden (participle, past)

Questions

What does betread mean?
To tread over or walk upon.
Where does betread come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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