tread
vb
1 hike, march, pace, plod, stamp, step, stride, tramp, trudge, walk
2 crush underfoot, squash, trample
3 bear down, crush, oppress, quell, repress, ride roughshod over, subdue, subjugate, suppress
4 tread on someone's toes affront, annoy, bruise, disgruntle, get someone's back up, hurt, hurt someone's feelings, infringe, injure, irk, offend, vex
n
5 footfall, footstep, gait, pace, step, stride, walk