trample
trample is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.
- 2.To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
- 3.To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue.
- 4.The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- and
- aside
- back
- bad
- bend
- bob
- bow
- break
- bring
- cancel
- cast
- close
- coach
- concavity
- couch
- courtesy
- cower
- crouch
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- debase
- declare
- depress
- depressed
- depression
- detrude
- detrusion
- dip
- discard
- disobedience
- down
- drive
- drop
- duck
- dust
- ebb
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is trample.
- What is 2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper called?
- What is to tread with force and rapidity; to stamp called?
- What is to tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue called?
- What is the act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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