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trample

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tram·ple  (trmpl)
v. tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples
v.tr.
1. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
2. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.
v.intr.
1. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.
2. To inflict injury as if by treading heavily: "trampling on the feelings of those about you" Thornton Wilder.
n.
The action or sound of trampling.

[Middle English tramplen, frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp.]

trampler n.

trample
Verb
[-pling, -pled]
1. Also: (trample on) to tread on and crush: three children were trampled to death when the crowd panicked and ran
2. trample on to treat (a person or his or her rights or feelings) with disregard or contempt [from tramp]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trampletrample - the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb1.trampletrample - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
treadle - tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"
2.trampletrample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"
injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to
3.trampletrample - walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

trample
verb (often with on, upon, or overn) stamp, crush, squash, tread, flatten, run over, walk over
Translations

trample [ˈtræmpl] vt to trample (underfoot) → pisotear
trample [ˈtræmpl] vt to trample (underfoot) → piétiner (fig); bafouer
trample [ˈtræmpl] vt to trample (underfoot) → niedertrampeln vi (also fig);
to trample on → herumtrampeln auf +dat
trample [ˈtræmpl] vt to trample (underfoot) → calpestare

trample
v trample [ˈtrӕmpl]
to tread heavily (on) The horses trampled the grass (underfoot).vertrapيَدوس، يَدْعَسстъпвам тежкоpošlapattræde (under fode)(zer-)trampelnποδοπατώpisotear, hollartrampimaلگد کردنtallatapiétinerלִרמוֹסकुचलनाgaziti, toptatieltapos vmitmenginjak-injaktraðka ácalpestare踏みつける짓밟다trypti[]mīdītmemijak-mijaktrappentrampe neddeptaćcalcara călca (în picioare)вытаптыватьpošliapať(po)teptatigazititrampa nerกระทืบçiğnemek踐踏топтатиکچلنا، پامال کرناgiậm, giẫm đạp践踏

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Aye, lighting from the boat to the deck, thus I trample on thee, thou paltry thing that feebly pointest on high; thus I split and destroy thee
My foot--is a horse-foot; therewith do I trample and trot over stick and stone, in the fields up and down, and am bedevilled with delight in all fast racing.
She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost every one, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others.
 
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