trample

[Tram·ple]

To trample is to forcefully walk right over something or someone. If you fall down during a footrace, another runner might trample you.

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To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

Noun
the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"

Verb
injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"

Verb
walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers"

Verb
tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"


v. t.
To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

v. t.
Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.

v. i.
To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

v. i.
To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

n.
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.


Trample

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.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.

Trample

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.

Trample

Tram"ple, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.

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Usage Examples

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

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Other Usage Examples

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.

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