trample

CEFRB2

/ˈtɹæmpəl/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To step heavily on something and damage it.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To treat someone harshly.

Examples

  • You should not trample on other people's rights.

  • Don't trample on the grass.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To walk heavily and destructively.

  2. To crush something by walking on it.

  3. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.

More examples

In context

  • to trample grass or flowers

  • 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 […]

  • neither caſt ye your pearles before ſwine: leſt they trample them vnder their feete, […]

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Origin

verb

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”).