trample, trampling
(noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping; “he heard the trample of many feet”
trample
(verb) injure by trampling or as if by trampling; “The passerby was trampled by an elephant”
tread, trample
(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; “The soldiers trampled across the fields”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trample (third-person singular simple present tramples, present participle trampling, simple past and past participle trampled)
(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
(by extension) To treat someone harshly.
(intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
(by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
trample (plural tramples)
A heavy stepping.
The sound of heavy footsteps.
• Lampert, Templar, templar
Source: Wiktionary
Tram"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling.] Etym: [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.
Tram"ple, v. i.
1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue.
Tram"ple, n.
Definition: The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
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