trample

English

Etymology

From Middle English trample, from tramp +‎ -le (frequentative).

Attested in the original sense 'walk heavily' since early 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæmpəl/
• Rhymes: -æmpəl

Verb

1. (transitive) To crush something by walking on it.

   to trample grass or flowers

   • Bible, Matthew vii. 6

     Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (by extension) To treat someone harshly.
3. (intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
   • (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     […] 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. (by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)

Translations

(transitive) to crush something by walking on it

• Armenian: տրորել (hy) (trorel)
• Azerbaijani: tapdalamaq (az)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 踩 (caai²)

  Mandarin: 踐踏／践踏 (zh) (jiàntà), 践踏 (zh) (jiàntà), 跴 (zh) (cǎi), 踩 (zh) (cǎi), 蹈 (zh) (dǎo)

• Danish: trampe
• Finnish: talloa (fi), tallata (fi)
• French: piétiner (fr)
• German: trampeln (de), zertrampeln (de), herumtrampeln
• Greek:

  Ancient: καταπατέω (katapatéō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: calpestare (it), pestare (it)
• Japanese: 踏み荒らす (ふみあらす, fumiarasu), 踏みつける (ふみつける, fumitsukeru)
• Latin: calcō
• Maori: hūkari, takahi, takatakahi
• Polish: rozdeptywać
• Portuguese: pisotear (pt)
• Russian: топта́ть (ru) impf (toptátʹ), растопта́ть (ru) pf (rastoptátʹ)
• Spanish: pisotear (es), hollar (es)
• Telugu: మట్టు (te) (maṭṭu)
• Yiddish: צעטרעטן (tsetretn)

to treat someone harshly

• German: herumtrampeln auf
• Italian: offendere (it), urtare (it), maltrattare (it)
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• Quechua: t'ustuy
• Spanish: pisotear (es), maltratar (es), humillar (es)

(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively

• Danish: trampe
• German: trampeln (de)
• Italian: calpestare (it), pestare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: то́пать (ru) (tópatʹ), топта́ть (ru) (toptátʹ)
• Spanish: pisotear (es)

(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling

• Danish: trampe
• German: trampeln (de)
• Italian: offendere (it), violare (it)
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• Spanish: ofender (es), humillar (es)

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Noun

trample (plural tramples)

1. A heavy stepping.
   • 2015, Lucy Corne, ‎Josephine Quintero, Lonely Planet Canary Islands

     Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […]

2. The sound of heavy footsteps.

Translations

the sound of heavy footsteps

• Danish: trampen c
• German: Trampeln n
• Italian: calpestio m
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• Spanish: pisoteada (es) f, pisoteo (es) m

Anagrams

• Lampert, Templar, templar

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German

Verb

trample

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of trampeln.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of trampeln.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of trampeln.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of trampeln.

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtramplə/

Verb

trample

1. to tread
2. to trample

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary