overtread

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English overtreden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ofertredan.

Verb

overtread (third-person singular simple present overtreads, present participle overtreading, simple past overtrod, past participle overtrodden)

1. (transitive) To tread over or upon.

References

• “overtread”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• over-rated, overrated, overtrade