The significance of the Harlem Renaissance was that the people of African descent understood that their histories and their cultural forms had distinctive aesthetics, philosophical bases, and perhaps most important mass appeal to people of all stripes.
Top definition. Blain. To outstandingly destroy or defeat an opponent or obstacle, especially when the odds are against the one blaining. Term was originally thought up by Dan and Tom, better known in the Halo community as the Ogres. The word Blain itself comes from the last name of the famous magician David Blain, who has on many occasions Blained the laws of physics and the limits of human anatomy.
Definition of tread. 1  1a (1) : the part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with a road or rail (2) : the pattern of ridges or grooves made or cut in the face of a tireb : the part of a shoe or boot sole that touches the ground; also : the pattern on the bottom of a sole. 2  2a : the upper horizontal part of a stepb : the width of such a tread.