Meanings
present singular third person tramples · participle present trampling · participle past trampled · past trampled
- transitiveTo crush something by walking on it.
to trample grass or flowers
3 more examples
Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iiineither caſt ye your pearles before ſwine: leſt they trample them vnder their feete, […]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 7:6Everything 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.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC - intransitiveTo 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 […]
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Origin
- Middle Englishtramplen
- Englishtrample
From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καταπατέω
- καταπατέω (katapatéō)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Arabic دَعَسَ, وَطِئَ
- دَعَسَ (daʕasa)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- وَطِئَ (waṭiʔa)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Bulgarian стъпквам, газя
- стъпквам (stăpkvam)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- газя (gazja)(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- стъпвам тежко (stăpvam težko)(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- трополене (tropolene)the sound of heavy footsteps
- тежки стъпки (težki stăpki)the sound of heavy footsteps
Catalan trepitjar, calcigar
- trepitjar(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- calcigar(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- trepitjar(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Chinese Cantonese 踩
- 踩 (caai²)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Mandarin 踐踏 /践踏, 跴
- 踐踏 /践踏 (jiàntà)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- 跴 (cǎi)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- 踩 (cǎi)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- 蹈 (dǎo)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Danish trampe, trampe
- trampe(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- trampe(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- trampe(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- trampenthe sound of heavy footsteps
Finnish talloa, tallata
- talloa(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- tallata(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
French fouler, piétiner
- fouler(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- piétiner(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
German trampeln, zertrampeln
- trampeln(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- zertrampeln(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- herumtrampeln(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- herumtrampeln aufto treat someone harshly
- trampeln(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- trampeln(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- Trampelnthe sound of heavy footsteps
Hebrew רָמַס, כָּבַשׁ
- רָמַס (ramás)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- כָּבַשׁ (kavásh)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Irish dramhail
- dramhail(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Italian calpestare, pestare
- calpestare(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- pestare(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- offendereto treat someone harshly
- urtareto treat someone harshly
- maltrattareto treat someone harshly
- calpestare(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- pestare(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- offendere(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- violare(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- calpestiothe sound of heavy footsteps
Japanese 踏み荒らす, 踏みつける
- 踏み荒らす (fumiarasu)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- 踏みつける (fumitsukeru)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Latin calcō
- calcō(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Lithuanian trypti, sutrypti
- trypti(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- sutrypti(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Māori hūkari, takahi
- hūkari(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- takahi(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- takatakahi(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Polish rozdeptywać
- rozdeptywać(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Portuguese pisotear
- pisotear(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Russian топта́ть, растопта́ть
- топта́ть (toptátʹ)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- растопта́ть (rastoptátʹ)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- то́пать (tópatʹ)(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- топта́ть (toptátʹ)(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Spanish pisotear, hollar
- pisotear(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- hollar(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- apisonar(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- pisotearto treat someone harshly
- maltratarto treat someone harshly
- humillarto treat someone harshly
- pisotear(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- patullar(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- apisonar(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- zapatear(intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
- ofender(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- humillar(intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
- pisoteadathe sound of heavy footsteps
- pisoteothe sound of heavy footsteps
Welsh sengi, sangu
- sengi(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- sangu(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
- sathru(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Yiddish צעטרעטן
- צעטרעטן (tsetretn)(transitive) to crush something by walking on it
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Cite this entry
trample. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trample
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