Trample Definition

trămpəl
trampled, tramples, trampling
verb
trampled, tramples, trampling
To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
American Heritage
To treat harshly or ruthlessly.
Would trample anyone who got in their way.
American Heritage
To tread heavily; tramp.
Webster's New World
To crush, destroy, hurt, violate, etc. by or as by treading heavily on.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
tramples
The sound of trampling.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
trample under foot <i>or</i> trample on <i>or</i> trample upon
  • to crush or hurt by trampling
  • to treat harshly or ruthlessly; domineer over
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trample

Noun

Singular:
trample
Plural:
tramples

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Trample

  • trample under foot or trample on or trample upon

Origin of Trample

  • Middle English tramplen frequentative of trampen to tramp tramp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • tramp +"Ž -le (frequentative).

    From Wiktionary

Trample Sentence Examples

  • If you're on horseback, you can make your horse slide and trample bad guys.

  • Nerva saw that if he could not find an Augustus to control the army, the army would find another Domitian to trample the senate under foot.

  • Unlike policemen, archeologists do n't trample all over the data, either.

  • Secondly, if people do keep to it they will trample the vegetation and start the process of path formation.

  • Handing over the command to Soult, he hurried back to Paris to trample on the seeds of sedition and to overwhelm Austria by the blows which he showered upon her in the valley of the Danube.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

ELEPLE

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Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With E