trampling

Noun

Synonyms: trample

WordNet 3.0

the sound of heavy treading or stomping“he heard the trample of many feet”Synonyms: trample

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. [1913 Webster]

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.— Matt. vii. 6.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]