trample [tram-puh l] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for trample on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), tram·pled, tram·pling.
- to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on a flower bed.
- to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually followed by on, upon, or over): to trample on another’s feelings.
verb (used with object), tram·pled, tram·pling.
- to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.
- to domineer harshly over; crush: to trample law and order.
- to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually followed by out): to trample out a fire.
noun
- the act of trampling.
- the sound of trampling.
Origin of trample 1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln); see tramp, -le Related formstram·pler, nounun·tram·pled, adjective Related Words for trample crush, violate, injure, overwhelm, stomp, squash, hurt, infringe, flatten, encroach, override, pound, tread, stamp, bruise, grind, tramp, tromp Examples from the Web for trample Historical Examples of trample
Trample not on any; there may be some work of grace there, that thou knowest not of.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Trample me with the blessed weight of the adorable feet which crushed the serpent!
Remy de Gourmont
Trample out Protestantism; or drive it into remote nooks, where under sad conditions it might protract an unnoticed existence.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.)
Thomas Carlyle
Trample, too, upon that parliament in their turn, and scornfully expel them as soon as they gave him ground of dissatisfaction?
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.
David Hume
“Trample on my feelings as much as you like,” and as he arranged Sylvia’s cushions he gave a second sharp glance at her face.
Clara Louise Burnham
British Dictionary definitions for trample trample verb (when intr, usually foll by on, upon, or over)
- to stamp or walk roughly (on)to trample the flowers
- to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurtto trample on someone’s feelings
noun
- the action or sound of trampling
Derived Formstrampler, nounWord Origin for trample C14: frequentative of tramp; compare Middle High German trampeln Word Origin and History for trample v.
late 14c., “to walk heavily,” frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1520s. Related: Trampled; trampling.