trample

[ tram-puhl ]

/ ˈtræm pəl /

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verb (used without object), tram·pled, tram·pling.

to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.

to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed.

to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on another's feelings.

verb (used with object), tram·pled, tram·pling.

to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.

to domineer harshly over; crush: to trample law and order.

to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually followed by out): to trample out a fire.

noun

the act of trampling.

the sound of trampling.

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Origin of trample

1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln); see tramp, -le

OTHER WORDS FROM trample

trampler, nounun·tram·pled, adjective

Words nearby trample

trampboarding, tramper, tramping, tramping club, tramping hut, trample, trampoline, tramp stamp, tramp steamer, tramroad, tramway

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How to use trample in a sentence

"Trample on my feelings as much as you like," and as he arranged Sylvia's cushions he gave a second sharp glance at her face.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
Trample not on any; there may be some work of grace there, that thou knowest not of.
Aids to Reflection|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Trample me with the blessed weight of the adorable feet which crushed the serpent!
Very Woman|Remy de Gourmont
Trample, too, upon that parliament in their turn, and scornfully expel them as soon as they gave him ground of dissatisfaction?
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume

Trample out Protestantism; or drive it into remote nooks, where under sad conditions it might protract an unnoticed existence.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for trample

trample

/ (ˈtræmpəl) /

verb (when intr, usually foll by on, upon, or over)

to stamp or walk roughly (on)to trample the flowers

to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurtto trample on someone's feelings

noun

the action or sound of trampling

Derived forms of trample

trampler, noun

Word Origin for trample

C14: frequentative of tramp; compare Middle High German trampeln

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trample

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