'Trampling' definitions:
Definition of 'trampling'
From: WordNet
noun
The sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" [syn: trample, trampling]
Definition of 'Trampling'
From: GCIDE
- 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]