'Trampling' definitions:

Definition of 'trampling'

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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]

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