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

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