GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Trample , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling .] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t.]
   To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
   Dryden.
   
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   Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.
   Matt. vii. 6.
   
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   Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
   Cowper.
   
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   Trample, v. i.
   To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
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   To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
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   Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.
   Gov. of Tongue.
   
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   Trample, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
   Milton.
   
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   The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.
   Lowell.
   
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