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trod¹

  • /tɹɒd/ UK
  • /tɹɔd/ Australia, British, Southern
  • /tɹɑd/ US
  • /tɹɒd/ New Zealand
  • [tɹɔ̟d] New Zealand
  • /tɾɔd/ Scotland
  • /tɾɒd/ Wales

Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

See tread.

verb

  1. past simple past of tread

trod²

  • /tɹɒd/ UK
  • /tɹɔd/ Australia, British, Southern
  • /tɹɑd/ US
  • /tɹɒd/ New Zealand
  • [tɹɔ̟d] New Zealand
  • /tɾɔd/ Scotland
  • /tɾɒd/ Wales

Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

From Middle English trod, past participle of treden; see tread. Compare Norwegian trod (“a path”).

verb trods · trodding · trodded

  1. To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason

trod³

  • /tɹɒd/ UK
  • /tɹɔd/ Australia, British, Southern
  • /tɹɑd/ US
  • /tɹɒd/ New Zealand
  • [tɹɔ̟d] New Zealand
  • /tɾɔd/ Scotland
  • /tɾɒd/ Wales

Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

From Old English trodu (“track, trace”), from the same source as tread.

noun trods

  1. A track or pathway. In many ways this process replicates the stone trods or pannierways which date from the mediaeval period and are a feature of many parts of the North York Moors.

    Similar: trailway

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"trod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trod. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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trod. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trod

Chicago

"trod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trod.

BibTeX
@misc{trod_2026,
  title = {trod},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trod},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}