Meaning of TRAMPLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'trampul
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- [n] the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"
- [v] injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"
- [v] walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers"
- [v] tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
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| | Synonyms: | | tramp down, trampling, tread, tread down |
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| | See Also: | | injure, sound, treadle, walk, wound | |
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\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. --Matt. vii.
6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.
\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. --Gov. of
Tongue.
\Tram"ple\, n.
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by
trampling. --Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. --Lowell.
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