Synonyms for tread water
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tred |
| Phonetic Transcription : trɛd |
Définition of tread water
Origin :- Old English tredan (class V strong verb; past tense træd, past participle treden), from Proto-Germanic *tredanan (cf. Old Frisian treda, Middle Dutch treden, Old High German tretan, German treten, Gothic trudan, Old Norse troða).
- verb wait
- Do not exhaust yourself; keep your hands quiet and tread water.
- Extract from : « Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs » by William H. G. Kingston
- His boots, too, were acting as a drag, yet there was no time to tread water and kick them off.
- Extract from : « A Lively Bit of the Front » by Percy F. Westerman
- At first it was easy to tread water: the salt brine upheld him.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Fort St. John » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
- Some one says: "To tread water is like running up-stairs rapidly."
- Extract from : « On the Trail » by Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard
- He began to tread water, lifting his mask, then rinsing it because it had fogged a little.
- Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- Then, as St. John turned partly around, he caught him under the arms and began to tread water.
- Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
- She could stay below as long as Ole; she could dive, and tread water, and swim backwards.
- Extract from : « Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin » by Mary Hazelton Wade
- And Dick had sense enough to take the advice, and tread water quietly till the boat should come.
- Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
- He began to tread water while he tried to lift his head and gaze across the waves.
- Extract from : « Polly's Business Venture » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- Margery, seized by a panic, forgot to tread water and went clear to the bottom.
- Extract from : « The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills » by Janet Aldridge
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