treten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- kick verb To hit or strike something with the foot.
- spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.
- step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
- tread verb To walk or step, especially in a particular manner.
Senses
treten is used for these senses in English:
- kick (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- kick (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- spurn (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
- step (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- step (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- step (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- tread (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- tread To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
kick — full definition
- verb To hit or strike something with the foot.
- verb To forcibly remove someone from a place, group, job, or online activity.
- verb To give up a habit, especially an addiction.
- noun A feeling of excitement or enjoyment gained from something.
- noun The force or recoil produced by a blow or a firing gun.