Trample

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.
  • v. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.
  • verb-intransitive. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To crush and destroy something by walking on it.
  • v. To treat someone harshly.
  • v. To walk heavily and destructively.
  • v. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
  • n. the sound of heavy footsteps
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading.
  • v. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
  • verb-intransitive. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
  • verb-intransitive. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
  • n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat or tread down by the tramping or stamping of feet, or by frequent treading; prostrate or crush by treading under foot; tread upon or tread down, literally or figuratively.
  • To tread with repeated force and shock; stamp; hence, to tramp roughshod; tread roughly or contemptuously.
  • n. A frequent heavy or rough tread; a trampling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. walk on and flatten
  • v. tread or stomp heavily or roughly
  • v. injure by trampling or as if by trampling
  • n. the sound of heavy treading or stomping
  • Verb Form
    trampled    tramples    trampling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    walk    injure    wound    sound   
    Form
    trampled    trampling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stamp    tread    betrample    tramp    overtread    overtrample    hobnail    poach    walk   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ample    example    sample   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clopping    clop    drumbeat    clacking    stampede    pattering    cussing    lowing    patter    drove