1
[ verb ] tread or stomp heavily or roughly

Synonyms

tread

Examples

"The soldiers trampled across the fields"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

They rode around and around to trample the figure into the sand .

Related terms

walk treadle

2
[ verb ] injure by trampling or as if by trampling

Examples

"The passerby was trampled by an elephant"

Used in print

(Robert Wallace, "This Is the Way It Came About"...)

The hospitals contain patients trampled by elephants or run_over by sports_cars .

Related terms

injure

3
[ verb ] walk on and flatten

Synonyms

tread_down tramp_down

Examples

"tramp down the grass" "trample the flowers"

Related terms

walk

4
[ noun ] the sound of heavy treading or stomping

Synonyms

trampling

Examples

"he heard the trample of many feet"

Related terms

sound tread

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Rhymes with

ample rumple crumple sample grapple apple example temple topple triple maple ripple dimple pimple simple quintuple chapel carpal couple supple metacarpal tipple hopple cripple quadruple scalpel archetypal purple papal people scruple gospel multiple principle principal uncouple staple steeple quintuple opal opel episcopal decouple disciple municipal nipple pupil pineapple fipple constantinople townspeople businesspeople

Phonetic and Homophones

T R AE1 M P AH0 L

Similar Spelling

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