Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Trode · IPA imp. n. 01 imp. imp. of Tread. 1. imp. of Tread.archaic See: Tread “On burnished hooves his war-horse trode.” — Tennyson. 02 n. Tread; footing. 1. Tread; footing.[Obs.]