trod
/tɹɔd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of tread
verb
To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
Example Sentences
- "Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason"
- "It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down."
- "They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down"
- "Yet alas! I see around me the trodding of the same old paths, each trying to excel the other how to ape the good old ministers who were "very much liked by their parishioners.""
- "Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path."
- "Happily, he writes the way he walks: at a vigorous lope, both attentive to the varied soils of the ground he trods and curious about the dust and dandelions over the next hill."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trod, trodu
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹɔd/
- British English: /tɹɒd/