Sekirov Dictionary

trample

/ˈtɹæmpəl/

verb 4
noun 2
forms 5
phrases 1

verb4

•
To crush something by walking on it.
- to trample grass or flowers
•
To walk heavily and destructively.
- June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample […]
To treat someone harshly.
•
To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
- to trample on our Maker's laws — 1782

noun2

•
A heavy stepping.
- Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […] — 2015
The sound of heavy footsteps.

forms

trampled · trampling · tramples · trampleth · tramplest

Phrases with trample

trample out
To make (a path) by trampling on vegetation or the like.

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