Dictionary Definition
trample n : the sound of heavy treading or
stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" [syn: trampling]
Verb
1 tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The
soldiers trampled across the fields" [syn: tread]
2 injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The
passerby was trampled by an elephant"
3 walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass";
"trample the flowers" [syn: tramp down,
tread
down]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æmpəl
Verb
Translations
(transitive) to crush and destroy something by
walking on it
- German: herumtrampeln auf
to treat someone harshly
- German: herumtrampeln auf
(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- German: trampeln
(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if
by trampling
- German: trampeln
Translations
the sound of heavy footsteps
- German: Trampeln
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
break down, clop, clump, contemn, crush, damage, defy, destroy, disdain, disregard, drub, extinguish, flatten, harm, hit and run, hurt, ignore, inundate, overflow, override, overrun, pound, press, put out, ride down, ride
over, ride roughshod over, run down, run over, scorn, set at naught, squash, squish, stamp, stamp on, stamp out,
stomp, stunt, tramp, trample down, trample on,
trample out, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread, tread upon, violate