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trample en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹæmpəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. A heavy stepping.
   • Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […] 2015, Lucy Corne, Josephine Quintero, Lonely Planet Canary Islands:
2. The sound of heavy footsteps.

Forms

Translations (7)

es pisoteo (the sound of heavy footsteps) · bg тежки стъпки (the sound of heavy footsteps) · da trampen (the sound of heavy footsteps) · it calpestio (the sound of heavy footsteps) · es pisoteada (the sound of heavy footsteps) · de Trampeln (the sound of heavy footsteps) · bg трополене (the sound of heavy footsteps)

trample en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹæmpəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
   • 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; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
   • neither caſt ye your pearles before ſwine: leſt they trample them vnder their feete, […] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 7:6:
   • Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • to trample grass or flowers
2. (broadly) To treat someone harshly.
3. (intransitive) 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 […]
4. (broadly) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
   • to trample on our Maker's laws 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

tramplingly · trampler · untrampled · betrample · overtrample · retrample · trample out

Synonyms

calcate (crush or stomp underfoot) · tread (crush or stomp underfoot)

Translations (94)

de trampeln ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · yue 踩 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es apisonar ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · ga dramhail ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ru топта́ть ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · cmn 踩 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · gl trepar ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · qu t'ustuy (to treat someone harshly) · de trampeln ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · he כָּבַשׁ ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · fi talloa ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es apisonar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · de herumtrampeln auf (to treat someone harshly) · gl trepar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ota آیاقلامق ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · oc caupir ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · te మట్టు ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ja 踏みつける ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · de trampeln ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · it violare ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · sq shkel (to treat someone harshly) · it calpestare ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · bg газя ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · cy sathru ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · fr fouler ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · kea kalka ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · am ረጋገጠ ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es maltratar (to treat someone harshly) · it pestare ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · hy տրորել ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ja 踏み荒らす ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · mi takahi ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ar وَطِئَ ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es pisotear ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · lt trypti ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es hollar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · grc καταπατέω ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · hy կոխել ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · it pestare ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · es humillar (to treat someone harshly) · mi takatakahi ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ota چیكنهمك ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ru растопта́ть ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · pt pisotear ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es zapatear ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · de zertrampeln ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ru то́пать ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · it maltrattare (to treat someone harshly) · ru топта́ть ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · de herumtrampeln ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · la calcō ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · sq shkel ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es humillar ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · oc sonsir ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · it calpestare ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · oc penejar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ca calcigar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · fi tallata ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · da trampe ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · da trampe ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ca trepitjar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · yi צעטרעטן ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · he רָמַס ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · da trampe ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es pisotear ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · ka გადათელავს ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · it offendere ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · es ofender ((intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling) · es pisotear (to treat someone harshly) · lt sutrypti ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · egy p:t-p:t-A24 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · pl rozdeptywać ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ota طبانلامق ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · cmn 蹈 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · mnc ᡶᡝᡥᡠᠮᠪᡳ ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · it offendere (to treat someone harshly) · cy sengi ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · oc pompir ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · mi hūkari ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · cmn 跴 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · it urtare (to treat someone harshly) · ar دَعَسَ ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · es patullar ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · oc trepejar ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · ca trepitjar ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · ba тапау ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · bg стъпвам тежко ((intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively) · cmn 踐踏 /践踏 ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · fr piétiner ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · cy sangu ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · bg стъпквам ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · az tapdalamaq ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it) · izh talloa ((transitive) to crush something by walking on it)