trample
/ˈtɹæmpəl/
trample verb: to crush something by walking on it.
Verb
trample (third-person singular simple present tramples, present participle trampling, simple past and past participle trampled)
- To crush something by walking on it.
- to trample grass or flowers
- Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way
UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe:
Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- To treat someone harshly.
- To walk heavily and destructively.
- June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
[…] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample […]
- June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
- To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
- to trample on our Maker's laws1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
Noun
trample (plural tramples)
trample meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
trample in Hindi
- to trample
- रौंदना raundnā
trample in Urdu
- to trample
- روندنا raundnā
trample in Bengali
- পিষে ফেলা, মাড়ানো
trample in Telugu
- (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- మట్టు maṭṭu
More languagesFewer languages
- trample in Malayalam
- ചവിട്ടിഞെരിക്കുക, നിന്ദിക്കുക, മർദ്ദിക്കുക
- trample in Kannada
- ಮೆಟ್ಟು, ತುಳಿ, ಕಾಲ್ಮೆಟ್ಟು, ತುಳಿದು ಧ್ವಂಸಮಾಡು
- trample in Sinhala
- මඩිනවා maḍinawā
- trample in Arabic
- دَعَسَ daʕasa, وَطِئَ waṭiʔa
Examples of trample in a sentence
- The ground before the cook-tent was soft, and trampled by the girls' own feet.
- The Vices are trampled underfoo by the victorious Virtues wearing skirts and shirts of mail.
- Pink satin prom pumps lie under heavy studded black clompers; yellow suede midi-boots trample wafer-thin Blahnik mules.
Synonyms of trample
Forms of trample
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | tramples |
| present participle | trampling |
| past participle | trampled |
| past | trampled |
| Noun | |
| plural | tramples |
Origin of trample
From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”).
Words formed from trample
Words that rhyme with trample
Questions about trample
- What does trample mean?
- Trample means to crush something by walking on it.
- What is trample in Hindi?
- Trample in Hindi is रौंदना (raundnā). See Trample meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trample?
- Trample can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce trample?
- Trample is pronounced /ˈtɹæmpəl/.
- What is the past tense of trample?
- The past tense of trample is trampled.
Words near trample in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trample (page history and authors); रौंदना (Hindi) (page history and authors); روندنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); trample (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trample (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trample (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); මඩිනවා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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