Trample /(?)/
Tram·ple
Trample
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling
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To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.
- Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
Trample
v. i.
- To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
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To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.
Trample
n.
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The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.