1. (

• trample ,
• trampling

) the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" ;

1. (

• tread ,
• trample

) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" ;

2. (

• trample

) injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" ;

3. (

• tramp_down ,
• trample ,
• tread_down

) walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers" ;