The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trample \Tram"ple\, n.
   The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by
   trampling. --Milton.
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         The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. --Lowell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trample \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Trampling.] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See
   Tramp, v. t.]
   1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by
      treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. --Dryden.
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            Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
            trample them under their feet.        --Matt. vii.
                                                  6.
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   2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trample \Tram"ple\, v. i.
   1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
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   2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
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            Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of
            his own.                              --Gov. of
                                                  Tongue.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trample
    n 1: the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the
         trample of many feet" [syn: trample, trampling]
    v 1: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
         across the fields" [syn: tread, trample]
    2: injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was
       trampled by an elephant"
    3: walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the
       flowers" [syn: tramp down, trample, tread down]