TREAD / WALK A TIGHTROPE

Meaning of TREAD / WALK A TIGHTROPE in English

to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TIGHTROPE — noun Date: 1801 a rope or wire stretched taut for acrobats to perform on, a dangerously precarious situation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walke ), from Old English wealcan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREAD — I. ˈtred verb ( trod ˈträd ; also treaded ; trodden ˈträd ə n ; or trod also tread ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: tight (I) + rope 1. : a rope or wire stretched taut on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREAD — (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
Английский словарь Webster
TREAD — (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; …
Английский словарь Webster
WALK — /wawk/ , v.i. 1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREAD — — treader , n. /tred/ , v. , trod, trodden or trod, treading , n. v.i. 1. to set down …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — /tuyt"rohp'/ , n. , v. , tightroped, tightroping . n. 1. a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — n. tightly stretched rope where acrobats perform, thin rope
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken ), from Old English wealcan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREAD — I. ˈtred verb ( trod ˈträd ; also tread·ed ; trod·den ˈträ-d ə n ; or trod ; tread·ing ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGHTROPE — noun Date: 1801 1. : a rope or wire stretched taut for acrobats to perform on 2. : a dangerously …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK — noun conduct; course of action; behavior. 2. walk ·vi to move off; to depart. 3. walk ·add. ·noun a place …
Webster English vocab
TREAD — noun way; track; path. 2. tread ·vt to step or walk on. 3. tread ·noun the act of copulation in …
Webster English vocab
TIGHTROPE — ■ noun a rope or wire stretched high above the ground, on which acrobats perform balancing feats.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WALK — [walk] vb [partly fr. ME walken (past welk, pp. walken), fr. OE wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREAD — [tread] vb trod also tread.ed ; trod.den or trod ; tread.ing [ME treden, fr. OE tredan; akin to OHG tretan …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIGHTROPE — [tight.rope] n (1801) 1: a rope or wire stretched taut for acrobats to perform on 2: a dangerously precarious situation--usu. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALK — in horsemanship, moderately slow four-beat gait of a horse, during which each foot strikes the ground separately and the horse …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIGHTROPE — tightrope BrE AmE ˈtaɪt rəʊp AmE \ -roʊp ▷ tightrope|s s ▶ ˈ tightrope ˌ walker BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WALK — / wɔːk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move or go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREAD — / tred; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( trod / trɒd; NAmE trɑːd/ trod·den / ˈtrɒdn; NAmE ˈtrɑːdn/ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — / ˈtaɪtrəʊp; NAmE -roʊp/ noun a rope or wire that is stretched tightly high above the ground and that performers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALK — I. walk 1 S1 W1 /wɔːk $ wɒːk/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to move forward by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREAD — I. tread 1 /tred/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense trod /trɒd $ trɑːd/, past participle trodden /ˈtrɒdn $ ˈtrɑːdn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIGHTROPE — tight ‧ rope /ˈtaɪt-rəʊp $ -roʊp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a rope or wire high above the ground …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREAD — v. & n. --v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIGHTROPE — n. a rope stretched tightly high above the ground, on which acrobats perform.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALK — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREAD — v. & n. v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — n. a rope stretched tightly high above the ground, on which acrobats perform.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Oxford English vocab
TREAD — v. & n. --v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1. intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Oxford English vocab
TIGHTROPE — n. a rope stretched tightly high above the ground, on which acrobats perform.
Oxford English vocab
WALK — ( walks, walking, walked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREAD — ( treads, treading, trod, trodden) 1. If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — ( tightropes) 1. A tightrope is a tightly stretched piece of rope on which someone balances and performs tricks in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — (~s) 1. A ~ is a tightly stretched piece of rope on which someone balances and performs tricks in a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WALK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cliff walk (= a walk along cliffs ) ▪ Shall we do the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TREAD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB carefully ▪ So she had to tread carefully . ▪ It is important, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIGHTROPE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB walk ▪ But he's been doing very well at it despite having to learn …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALK — [noun]He went for/took a walk around the block, to clear his head. [C]They went on a ten-mile walk to raise …
Cambridge English vocab
TREAD — (STEP) [verb] [past simple] trod or US also treaded, [past participle] trodden or [US and ANZ] also trod - to …
Cambridge English vocab
TIGHTROPE — [noun] [C] - a tightly stretched wire or rope fixed high above the ground, which skilled people walk across, esp. …
Cambridge English vocab
TIGHTROPE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WALK — I. noun 1 trip on foot ADJECTIVE ▪ brief , little , short ▪ We took a brief ~ around …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TREAD — I. noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy ~ moving …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIGHTROPE — noun Tightrope is used before these nouns: ↑ walk
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
WALK — n. 25B6; verb they walked along the road : STROLL, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIGHTROPE — n. to walk a ~ (also fig .)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WALK — v. 1 advance, proceed, move, go, wend, go or make (one's) way by foot, tread, step, perambulate, stalk, stride, tramp, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние в) спорт ходьба (как вид состязания) 2) а) прогулка пешком to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREAD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIGHTROPE — сущ. туго натянутый канат; туго натянутая проволока n туго натянутые канат или проволока tightrope туго натянутый канат; туго натянутая проволока
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIGHTROPE — Веревка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — walk.ogg _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TREAD
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TIGHTROPE — _n. туго натянутый канат; туго натянутая проволока
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут ( в графе ) ; обход ( графа ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TREAD — 1) проступь ( ступени лестницы ) 2) мор. ступенька ( трапа ) 3) мор. длина киля 4) колея, ширина колеи …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут (в графе); обход (графа) • - cat walk - drilling bit walk - drill bit walk - …
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