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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tram•ple /ˈtræmpəl/USA pronunciation v., -pled, -pling, n. v. - to step heavily or carelessly on (something): [~ + object]The cowboy was nearly trampled in the stampede.[no object]Don't trample on the grass.
- to control (another) harshly;
crush:[no object]claimed that the police trampled on their rights to free assembly.
n. [countable] - the act or sound of trampling.
tram•pler, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tram•ple (tram′pəl),USA pronunciation v., -pled, -pling, n. v.i. - to tread or step heavily and noisily;
stamp. - to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over):to trample on a flower bed.
- to act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner, as if treading roughly (usually fol. by on, upon, or over):to trample on another's feelings.
v.t. - to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over;
tread underfoot. - to domineer harshly over;
crush:to trample law and order. - to put out or extinguish by trampling (usually fol. by out):to trample out a fire.
n. - the act of trampling.
- the sound of trampling.
- 1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp (cognate with German trampeln); see tramp, -le
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