tread

trɛd/

verb

1. 1.

   walk in a specified way.

   "Rosa trod as lightly as she could"

   synonyms:

   walk, step, stride, pace, go; More

noun

1. 1.

   a person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk.

   "I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots"

   synonyms:

   step, footstep, footfall, tramp "she heard Bryony's heavy tread upstairs"

2. 2.

   the top surface of a step or stair.