Trample meaning

What does “trample” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“trample” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the sound of heavy treading or stomping.

trample

noun

  1. the sound of heavy treading or stomping

    “he heard the trample of many feet”

    Synonymstrampling

verb

  1. tread or stomp heavily or roughly

    “The soldiers trampled across the fields”

    Synonymstread
  2. injure by trampling or as if by trampling

    “The passerby was trampled by an elephant”

  3. walk on and flatten

    “tramp down the grass”

    “trample the flowers”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University