About The Word Trample
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Trample
Trample Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Trample?
[n] the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"
[v] injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" [v] walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers" [v] tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" Synonyms | Synonyms for Trample: tramp down | trampling | tread | tread down Related Terms | Find terms related to Trample: See Also | injure | sound | treadle | walk | wound Trample In Webster's Dictionary \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trampled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trampling}.] [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. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. --Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. --Lowell. |
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