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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the sound of heavy treading or stomping;
- Example: "he heard the trample of many feet"
[syn: trample, trampling]


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. [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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trampling n 1: the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" [syn: trample, trampling]