Trample
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹæmpəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Trample is a verb meaning (transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
Meaning
(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
More Meanings
- (by extension) To treat someone harshly.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
- (by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
- A heavy stepping.
- The sound of heavy footsteps.
Example Sentences
to trample grass or flowers
to trample on our Maker's laws
neither caſt ye your pearles before ſwine: leſt they trample them vnder their feete, […]
Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […]
Word Forms
- tramples
- trampling
- trampled
Synonyms for trample
Depending on context, synonyms include tread, calcate, trampling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tread, pummel, smash, crush, impinge, squish.
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