TRAMPLE


Meaning of TRAMPLE in English

I. ˈtrampəl, -raam-, -raim- verb

( trampled ; trampled ; trampling -p(ə)liŋ ; tramples )

Etymology: Middle English tramplen, freq. of trampen to tramp — more at tramp

intransitive verb

: tramp

the little boys lay down in the dust, heedless of the feet trampling everywhere about them — Pearl Buck

trampling up and down the front porch, nervous as a cat — R.P.Warren

if in addition to the year's four seasons the fifth of famine tramples through the land — Frederic Morton

as

a. : to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure — usually used with on, upon, or over

a runaway horse had trampled on him and broken his hipbone — Vicki Baum

the boy who has a garden will not trample on other people's flower beds — Bertrand Russell

b. : to inflict injury or destruction : have a contemptuous or ruthless attitude : tyrannize — usually used with on, over, or upon

he liked to trample on his foes — M.R.Cohen

pride and sensitiveness were his chief foes, and he would trample on them — George Meredith

his grim, repressive mother, who trampled on every innocent pleasure — Van Wyck Brooks

trampled on conventions — Henry Adams

if the great powers show themselves irresponsibly ready to trample over any weak nation that seemed to be in their way — Vera M. Dean

transitive verb

1. : to press down in walking : crush or injure by or as if by treading : stamp

man was standing on a large push truck and trampling down a great pile of old newspapers and other trash — Thomas Whiteside

shoes trample his camera underfoot — Ray Duncan

used to trample the lumps of hard clay into powder — American Guide Series: Tennessee

will rediscover the morality their oppressors trampled into the dust — Times Literary Supplement

the utility combine is pressuring Congress to trample down the law and the will of the people — New York Times

2. : to extinguish by stamping with the feet — usually used with out

a forbidden book is like a fire one tries to trample out — Encore

II. noun

( -s )

: the act or sound of trampling : a heavy and repeated tread of or as if of many feet

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