Thesaurus: trample

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1. v. t. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
2. v. t. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
3. v. i. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
4. v. i. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
5. n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
6. n. the sound of heavy treading or stomping
7. v. tread or stomp heavily or roughly
8. v. injure by trampling or as if by trampling
9. v. walk on and flatten
10. 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. 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. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
11. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced bytrampling. Milton.The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
12. v:100 n. the sound of heavy treading or stomping v. injure by trampling or as if by trampling