trample

Trample is defined as to treat harshly or crush with the feet.

(verb)

An example of trample is squashing flowers while walking through a garden bed.

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See trample in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb trampled, trampling

to tread heavily; tramp

Origin: ME trampelen, freq. of trampen: see tramp

transitive verb

to crush, destroy, hurt, violate, etc. by or as by treading heavily on

noun

the sound of trampling

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See trample in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples
verb, transitive
  1. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
  2. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.
verb, intransitive
  1. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.
  2. To inflict injury as if by treading heavily: “trampling on the feelings of those about you” (Thornton Wilder).
noun
The action or sound of trampling.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English tramplen

Origin: , frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp

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Related Forms:

  • tramˈpler noun

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