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.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.

Tram"ple, v. i. 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.

Tram"ple, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton.

The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.

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.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.

Tram"ple, v. i. 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.

Tram"ple, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton.

The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.

• to crush and destroy something by walking on it
  
• (by extension) to treat someone harshly
  
• to walk heavily and destructively
  
• (by extension) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
  
• the sound of heavy footsteps