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trampling
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" [syn: trample ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trample \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling .] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp , v. t.] To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. --Dryden. Neither cast ye ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trampling is the act of walking on something repeatedly so that it gains pressure effects.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of something that tramples. vb. (present participle of trample English)
Usage examples of trampling.
And a mighty troop around, With their trampling shook the ground, Waving each a bloody sword, For the service of their Lord.
It was not close yet, not as close as the darsteed trampling about in the ravine.
But the chargers were trained fighters, rearing and trampling with deadly forefeet.
As far as the eye could see there were soldiers marching, horses trampling, banners rippling.
Now, half the warband were helpless on the level space, unable to back up without trampling their companions.
The heat clamped down upon the moving mass of humanity and the dust rose in a cloud from the trampling feet and hung over their heads.
The women rushed forward, trying to reach the open grain sack, trampling the captain.
Salida was dazed by the lethargy of his wounds, and the shock of watching his younger sons die under the British bayonets He looked for them in childlike bewilderment, but their broken bodies were lost under the trampling hoofs.
Death must be the punishment Of crime, or the reward of trampling down The thorns which God has strewed upon the path Which leads to immortality.
Over palaces, temples, and graves, We will rush as thy minister-slaves, Trampling behind in thy train, Till all be made level again!
Three vials of the tears which daemons weep When virtuous spirits through the gate of Death Pass triumphing over the thorns of life, Sceptres and crowns, mitres and swords and snares, Trampling in scorn, like Him and Socrates.
Gent milites clattered back through the gates, they swept through a little market of beggars and poor folk gathered in the broad forecourt beyond the ramparts, almost trampling a ragged woman with a basket of herbs for sale.
She could no longer trust a man who would let a monster go on living after so many had died under its trampling rampage.
With a graceful leap, the stallion plunged down the gangplank and landed in the midst of the crowd, trampling a hapless bystander.
It was exhausting work trampling the grass, pushing through with arms raised.