trample

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæmpəl/
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Rhymes: -æmpəl

VerbEdit

trample (third-person singular simple present tramples, present participle trampling, simple past and past participle trampled)

(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
to trample grass or flowers
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 7:6:
  
  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.
(by extension) To treat someone harshly.
(intransitive) To walk heavily and destructively.
- June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
  […] 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 […]
(by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], OCLC 1029672464:
  to trample on our Maker's laws

ConjugationEdit

conjugation of trample

infinitive			trample
present participle			trampling
past participle			trampled
	simple		progressive		perfect		perfect progressive
present	I trample	we trample	I am trampling	we are trampling	I have trampled	we have trampled	I have been trampling	we have been trampling
	you trample	you trample	you are trampling	you are trampling	you have trampled	you have trampled	you have been trampling	you have been trampling
	he tramples	they trample	he is trampling	they are trampling	he has trampled	they have trampled	he has been trampling	they have been trampling

past	I trampled	we trampled	I was trampling	we were trampling	I had trampled	we had trampled	I had been trampling	we had been trampling
	you trampled	you trampled	you were trampling	you were trampling	you had trampled	you had trampled	you had been trampling	you had been trampling
	he trampled	they trampled	he was trampling	they were trampling	he had trampled	they had trampled	he had been trampling	they had been trampling

future	I will trample	we will trample	I will be trampling	we will be trampling	I will have trampled	we will have trampled	I will have been trampling	we will have been trampling
	you will trample	you will trample	you will be trampling	you will be trampling	you will have trampled	you will have trampled	you will have been trampling	you will have been trampling
	he will trample	they will trample	he will be trampling	they will be trampling	he will have trampled	they will have trampled	he will have been trampling	they will have been trampling

conditional	I would trample	we would trample	I would be trampling	we would be trampling	I would have trampled	we would have trampled	I would have been trampling	we would have been trampling
	you would trample	you would trample	you would be trampling	you would be trampling	you would have trampled	you would have trampled	you would have been trampling	you would have been trampling
	he would trample	they would trample	he would be trampling	they would be trampling	he would have trampled	they would have trampled	he would have been trampling	they would have been trampling

imperative	trample

TranslationsEdit

(transitive) to crush something by walking on it

Armenian: տրորել (hy) (trorel), կոխել (hy) (koxel)
Azerbaijani: tapdalamaq (az)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 踩 (caai²)

Mandarin: 踐踏 (zh), 践踏 (zh) (jiàntà), 跴 (zh), 踩 (zh) (cǎi), 蹈 (zh) (dǎo)
Danish: trampe
Egyptian:

(ptpt)
Finnish: talloa (fi), tallata (fi)
French: piétiner (fr)
Galician: trepar
German: trampeln (de), zertrampeln (de), herumtrampeln
Greek:
Ancient: καταπατέω (katapatéō)

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)
Kabuverdianu: kalka
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)

Quechua: t'ustuy
Spanish: pisotear (es), maltratar (es), humillar (es)

(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively

Danish: trampe
Galician: trepar
German: trampeln (de)
Italian: calpestare (it), pestare (it)

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)

Spanish: ofender (es), humillar (es)

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NounEdit

trample (plural tramples)

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 […]
The sound of heavy footsteps.