trampling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sound of heavy treading or stomping
    trample.
    • he heard the trample of many feet
  2. verb tread or stomp heavily or roughly
    trample; tread.
    • The soldiers trampled across the fields
  3. verb injure by trampling or as if by trampling
    trample.
    • The passerby was trampled by an elephant
  4. verb walk on and flatten
    tramp down; trample; tread down.
    • tramp down the grass
    • trample the flowers

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