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trample |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trample \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trample \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trample \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trample n : the sound of trampling [syn: {trampling}] v 1: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" [syn: {tread}] 2: injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"
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