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Trample Definition And Meaning
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.

Trample Definition And Meaning

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:

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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