trample

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trampled p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling ] [ OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t. ] 1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]