Antonyms for trample


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tram-puh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræm pəl


Definition of trample

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp. Transitive sense is first found 1520s. Related: Trampled; trampling.
  • verb walk forcibly over
Example sentences :
  • Trample not on any; there may be some work of grace there, that thou knowest not of.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Reflection » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Trample me with the blessed weight of the adorable feet which crushed the serpent!
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • Trample out Protestantism; or drive it into remote nooks, where under sad conditions it might protract an unnoticed existence.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Trample, too, upon that parliament in their turn, and scornfully expel them as soon as they gave him ground of dissatisfaction?
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. » by David Hume
  • "Trample on my feelings as much as you like," and as he arranged Sylvia's cushions he gave a second sharp glance at her face.
  • Extract from : « The Opened Shutters » by Clara Louise Burnham

Synonyms for trample

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