Verb

(head)

(tread)

English irregular simple past forms

Verb

(trodd)

To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread

* 1813 , The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803

*: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

* 1833 , Timothy Flint, The history and geography of the Mississippi Valley

It renders the paths, and the banks of the bayous in that region almost impassable in autumn, until the cattle have trodded it down.

* 1866 , Fanny Fisher, Ainsworth's heir

*:They bore him to his chamber, where he lay all pale and tearless, like some broken reed, Some helpless shrub, all crushed and trodded down

* 1895 , Uchimura Kanzo, The Diary of a Japanese Convert

*:Yet alas! I see around me the trodding of the same old paths, each trying to excel the other how to ape the good old ministers who were "very much liked by their parishioners."

* 1962 , American Motorcyclist , February, page 16

*:Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=Matt Weiland, title=Walker in the City, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Happily, he writes the way he walks: at a vigorous lope, both attentive to the varied soils of the ground he trods and curious about the dust and dandelions over the next hill. }}

*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 18, author=Sonia Day, title=Nip that gardening zeal in the bud, work=Toronto Star citation

, passage=And avoid trodding on the inevitably wet soil around the base of the shrubs as you work. }} ----

Verb

(skipp)

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

To leap about lightly.

* Alexander Pope

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

* Nathaniel Hawthorne

So she drew her mother away skipping , dancing, and frisking fantastically.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 29 , author=Ian Hughes , title=Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.}}

To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.}}

To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

My heart will skip a beat.

I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

* Bishop Burnet

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.

To place an item in a skip.

(informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

(informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.

* 1998 ,

I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast

She really want to ''skip town

Get back off me, beast off me

Get back you flea infested mongrel

To leap lightly over.

to skip the rope

To jump rope.

The girls were skipping in the playground.