trample

UK /ˈtɹæmpəl/ US /ˈtɹæmpəl/
verb 4noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To crush something by walking on it.

to trample grass or flowers

Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]

2

To treat someone harshly.

3

To walk heavily and destructively.

June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample […]

4

To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.

to trample on our Maker's laws

noun

1

A heavy stepping.

Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […]

2

The sound of heavy footsteps.

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