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# trample

«trample» in Mova's school dictionary: **to step heavily on it and crush or damage it: don't…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (trample, tramples, trampled, trampling); noun (trampling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To trample something is to step heavily on it and crush or damage it: don't trample the flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#m1)

2) To trample on someone's feelings or rights is to treat them as if they do not matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, herds of animals or crowds trample things; in safety lessons, a crush in a crowd can trample people, so stay calm and keep space. In everyday life, keep off the grass so you don't trample plants. Phrases: trample on, trampled underfoot, trampled to death.

### examples

- The cows trampled the farmer's crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x1)
- Please don't trample the flower beds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x2)
- The elephants trampled the tall grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x3)
- People were trampled when the crowd rushed for the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x4)
- Don't trample on other people's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x5)
- The footballers trampled mud all over the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x6)
- A Bull trampled him with his heavy hoofs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: trampled, trampling. Often with «on» or «over» for the feelings meaning. Not the same as «trampoline» (a bouncy mat), though they start alike.

### In the corpora

- [Cows with calves can be very protective and can trample people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/19/)
- [When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.12/)
- [Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1648/)
- [And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1073/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trample» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.