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What is the noun for treading?

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tread
  1. A step.
  2. A manner of stepping.
  3. (obsolete) A way; a track or path.
  4. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s]
  5. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
  6. The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
  7. The sound made when someone or something is walking.
  8. (biology) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
  9. The act of copulation in birds.
  10. (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
  11. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
  12. Synonyms:
  13. Examples:
    1. “Finally, she heard the soft tread of two pairs of feet.”
treadwear
  1. (US, automotive) A numerical measure of how long the tread of a tire can be expected to last.
treadboard
  1. (architecture) A board to take a person's weight; a tread of a staircase.
treader
  1. Agent noun of tread; one who treads.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The elongate head of the marsh treader also differs from the relatively short head of the water scorpion.”
      “The general smartness is attributable largely to the director, a canny treader of fine lines.”
      “Does nature, even in my octogenarian carcase, run too strong that I must be still a bawler and a brawler and a treader upon corns?”
trode
  1. (obsolete) Tread; footing.
  2. Synonyms:
treading
  1. The act of one who treads.
treadboards
  1. plural of treadboard
treadings
  1. plural of treading
treaders
  1. plural of treader
treads
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