trample

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tram·ple

(trăm′pəl)

v. tram·pled, tram·pling, tram·ples

v.tr.

1. To beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy; tramp on.

2. To treat harshly or ruthlessly: would trample anyone who got in their way.

v.intr.

1. To tread heavily or destructively: trampling on the flowers.

2. To inflict injury as if by treading heavily: "trampling on the feelings of those about you" (Thornton Wilder).

The action or sound of trampling.

[Middle English tramplen, frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp.]

tram′pler n.

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trample

(ˈtræmpəl)

1. to stamp or walk roughly (on): to trample the flowers.

2. to encroach (upon) so as to violate or hurt: to trample on someone's feelings.

the action or sound of trampling

[C14: frequentative of tramp; compare Middle High German trampeln]

ˈtrampler n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tram•ple

(ˈtræm pəl)

v. -pled, -pling,
n. v.i.

1. to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.

2. to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly (usu. fol. by on, upon, or over).

v.t.

3. to tread heavily, roughly, or carelessly on or over; tread underfoot.

4. to domineer harshly over; crush.

5. to put out or extinguish by trampling (usu. fol. by out).

6. the act or sound of trampling.

[1350–1400; Middle English tramplen to stamp; see tramp]

trample

Past participle: trampled
Gerund: trampling

Imperative
trample
trample

Present
I trample
you trample
he/she/it tramples
we trample
you trample
they trample

Preterite
I trampled
you trampled
he/she/it trampled
we trampled
you trampled
they trampled

Present Continuous
I am trampling
you are trampling
he/she/it is trampling
we are trampling
you are trampling
they are trampling

Present Perfect
I have trampled
you have trampled
he/she/it has trampled
we have trampled
you have trampled
they have trampled

Past Continuous
I was trampling
you were trampling
he/she/it was trampling
we were trampling
you were trampling
they were trampling

Past Perfect
I had trampled
you had trampled
he/she/it had trampled
we had trampled
you had trampled
they had trampled

Future
I will trample
you will trample
he/she/it will trample
we will trample
you will trample
they will trample

Future Perfect
I will have trampled
you will have trampled
he/she/it will have trampled
we will have trampled
you will have trampled
they will have trampled

Future Continuous
I will be trampling
you will be trampling
he/she/it will be trampling
we will be trampling
you will be trampling
they will be trampling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been trampling
you have been trampling
he/she/it has been trampling
we have been trampling
you have been trampling
they have been trampling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been trampling
you will have been trampling
he/she/it will have been trampling
we will have been trampling
you will have been trampling
they will have been trampling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been trampling
you had been trampling
he/she/it had been trampling
we had been trampling
you had been trampling
they had been trampling

Conditional
I would trample
you would trample
he/she/it would trample
we would trample
you would trample
they would trample

Past Conditional
I would have trampled
you would have trampled
he/she/it would have trampled
we would have trampled
you would have trampled
they would have trampled

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Noun	1.	trample - the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" trampling sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	trample - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" tread walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" treadle - tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"
	2.	trample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
	3.	trample - walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers" tramp down, tread down walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

trample

verb

1. (often with on) stamp, crush, squash, tread, flatten, run over, walk over I don't want people trampling on the grass.

2. crush, squash, flatten, run over Many people were trampled in the panic that followed.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

trample

verb

1. To step on heavily and repeatedly so as to crush, injure, or destroy:

stamp, stomp, tramp, tread, tromp.

2. To walk with loud, heavy steps:

stamp, stomp, tramp.

Informal: tromp.

3. To treat arbitrarily or cruelly:

grind, tyrannize.

Translations

يَدوس، يَدْعَس

pošlapat

eltapos

traîka á

mīdītnomīdīt

teptati

trample

[ˈtræmpl]

A. VT (also to trample underfoot) → pisar, pisotear

B. VI (also to trample about, to trample along) → pisar fuerte, andar con pasos pesados
to trample on sth → pisar algo, pisotear algo
to trample on sb (fig) → tratar a algn sin miramientos
to trample on sb's feelings → herir los sentimientos de algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trample

[ˈtræmp^əl] vt

[+ grass, flowers] → piétiner; [+ people] → piétiner
to get trampled underfoot → se faire piétiner

trample on

[+ grass, flowers] → piétiner

(= disregard) [+ feelings, rights] → piétiner

trample

vt → niedertrampeln, niedertreten, zertrampeln; to trample something underfoot (lit, fig) → auf etw (dat) → herumtrampeln; she tramples her husband underfoot (fig) → ihr Mann hat bei ihr nichts zu sagen (inf); he was trampled to death by a bull → er wurde von einem Bullen zu Tode getrampelt; to trample something into the ground → etw in den Boden treten or trampeln

vi → stapfen, trampeln; he lets his wife trample all over him (fig) → er lässt sich (dat) → von seiner Frau auf dem Kopf herumtanzen

n → Getrampel nt, → Trampeln nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trample

[ˈtræmpl] vt to trample (underfoot) (crush) → calpestare
to trample sth into the ground → calpestare qc

trample on vi + prep → calpestare
to trample on sb's feelings (fig) → calpestare i sentimenti di qn

trample

(ˈtrӕmpl) verb

to tread heavily (on). The horses trampled the grass (underfoot).

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