trample

/'træmpl/
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trample

The hikers were careful not to trample the delicate wildflowers.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The sound of heavy, forceful steps: A loud, crushing noise made by many feet or heavy footsteps, often implying a lack of care for what is underfoot.

  2. Verb:

    • To step on and crush or flatten: To walk heavily on something, damaging or destroying it by pressing it down with the feet.
    • To injure or kill by stepping on: To cause harm by walking over with great force.
    • To walk heavily or roughly: To tread or stomp in a forceful, often careless or destructive manner.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • From the valley, we heard the distant trample of cattle.
    • The trample of the marching soldiers echoed through the street.

  • Verb:

    • To step on and crush:
      • Please don't trample the seedlings in the garden.
      • The crowd accidentally trampled the grass into mud.
    • To injure by stepping on:
      • Several people were trampled in the sudden panic at the stadium.
    • To walk heavily:
      • The children trampled through the house with their muddy boots.
      • We could hear elephants trampling through the jungle.
Advanced Usage
  • "to trample on/upon" (phrasal verb):
    • Literal meaning: To walk heavily and destructively on something.
      • The hikers were careful not to trample upon the fragile ecosystem.
    • Figurative meaning: To treat something (like rights, feelings, or principles) with contempt or disrespect; to violate.
      • The new law tramples on our fundamental freedoms.
      • He felt his opinions were being trampled upon in the meeting.
Variants and Related Words
  • Trampler (noun): A person or thing that tramples.
    • The elephant is an unwitting trampler of small plants.
  • Trampling (noun/gerund): The act or sound of trampling.
    • The constant trampling compacted the soil.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Crush, squash, stamp, stomp, tread, tramp.
  • Noun: Stomp, tread, stampede (specifically for a chaotic, running trample).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Trample down: To crush and flatten by treading on. (Often used interchangeably with "trample").
    • The fence was trampled down by the escaping cattle.
Related Idioms
  • To trample underfoot: To treat with complete disregard or contempt; to crush utterly (both literally and figuratively).
    • The dictator trampled the people's hopes underfoot.
  • To trample on someone's toes: To offend or upset someone by interfering in their affairs. (A variant of "step on someone's toes").
    • I didn't mean to trample on your toes by reorganizing the files.
trample

The hikers were careful not to trample the delicate wildflowers.

Noun
  1. the sound of heavy treading or stomping
    • he heard the trample of many feet
Verb
  1. walk on and flatten
    • tramp down the grass
    • trample the flowers
  2. injure by trampling or as if by trampling
    • The passerby was trampled by an elephant
  3. tread or stomp heavily or roughly
    • The soldiers trampled across the fields

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