tramplen.
/ˈtramp(ə)l/ An act or the action of trampling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > trampling
defoulc1330
tramplingc1440
conculcation1547
overtrampling1593
trample1604
calcation1656
occulcation1656
tramp1808
decalcation1827
1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. B3 They ran..in the middle of the street, with such a violent Trample as if the Diuell had bene Coachman.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 90 Under the despightfull controule, the trample and spurne of all the other Damned.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 93 Destruction's trample treads them down.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. xiii. iii. 273 The earth shakes with the trample of a myriad hoofs.
1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 143 The elephant is preparing for his final trample [on a man].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
tramplev.
/ˈtramp(ə)l/ 1. † b. transitive. To tread, traverse; cf. tramp v.1 5; also intransitive with on. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. To tread or walk heavily; to stamp. (In early use apparently not differing in sense from tramp v.1)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > stamp
tramplea1382
strampc1423
trampa1425
stamp1535
supplode1623
drub1855
stomp1914
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily
stamp1490
trample1530
tramp1570
stump1600
thump1604
clump1665
trape1706
pound1801
clamp1808
clomp1829
lump1861
tromp1892
stunt1901
stomp1919
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vi. 13 He tramplith [a1425 L.V. trampith, L. terit] with the foot.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 499/1 Trampelyn (S. trampyn), tero.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1350 He trampelid fast with his feet, & al to-tare his ere.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 760/2 The boyes trampell so over my heed, that I can nat slepe.
1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 19 Certaine others..gathered their Ananas in the Indians Gardens, trampling through them without any descretion.
1596 E. Spenser Faerie Queene (new ed.) i. vii. sig. G3v His stubborne steed..Who vnder him did trample as the aire, And chauft, that any on his backe should sit.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 207 The Keneu and the Nilghai were trampling behind him, calling for Dick.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)]
to step (up)on ——OE
beatOE
treadc1384
betread1495
overwalk1533
foot1557
walk1574
trample1595
reiterate1648
to step foot in1864
pound1890
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > walk on or over
betread1495
foot1557
walk1574
trample1595
1595 A. Fletcher in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 476 Walking rightly, Still trampling vertue's path.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 128 I was the second Man [that] Trampled on the Top [of the mountain pass].
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)]
treadc897
stepc900
goeOE
gangOE
walka1375
wanderc1380
foota1425
to take to footc1440
awalkc1540
trade1547
beat it on the hoof1570
pad1610
to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616
trample1624
to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683
ambulate1724
shank1773
stump it1803
pedestrianize1811
pedestrianate1845
tramp it1862
ankle1916
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] > act as intermediate means
to go betweenc1320
to come between ——?1492
intercede1578
factor1621
intermediate1624
trample1624
mediate1630
intervene1646
to come in between ——1676
1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare xiii. 83 [He] hath rambled and trampled many miles abroad to bring nothing home.
1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades (1876) 155 They [civil lawyers] admit of few or no Sollicitors, to trample betweene them and the Clyent. So that the Fee comes to them immediately and with the more advantage.
3. intransitive with on, upon, over.
a. literal. To tread repeatedly upon with heavy or crushing steps. Also in indirect passive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > trample
treadc825
overtreadOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
defoulc1290
foil13..
to-treada1382
foula1400
fulyie1488
overgo1488
trample1530
tramp1533
conculcate1570
trample1577
overtrample1589
tramp1596
inculcate1598
stramplea1610
calcate1623
scrunch1861
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 64 It delighteth to growe by high wayes..and to be trodde and trampled on.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 86 For making of Terrasses, they lay..half a foot thick of Earth, but which sinks to far less being trampled and tread upon.
1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 438/1 The Scotch lass..kilts (tucks) her petticoats above her knees and tramples or dances upon the linen, in a tub.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 10 A denarius of Julius Caesar bears an elephant trampling upon a snake.
b. figurative. To treat with contempt; to violate the claims or rights of; to domineer or tyrannize over; †to encroach upon the rights of (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt
unworthc950
to make scorn at, toc1320
to take in vainc1330
despise1377
rebuke?a1400
despite1481
indign1490
to make a mumming of1523
flock1545
scandalize1566
to make coarse account of1578
misregard1582
overpeer1583
to make a pish at (also of)1593
to make a push at1600
to bite by the nose1602
blurta1625
to piss ona1625
to make wash-way of, with1642
trample1646
huff1677
snouch1761
to walk over (the course)1779
to run over ——1816
snoot1928
shaft1959
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)]
ofsiteOE
forthringOE
overlayOE
ofsetOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
overseta1200
defoulc1300
oppressa1382
overpressa1382
overchargec1390
overleadc1390
overliea1393
thringa1400
overcarkc1400
to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425
press?a1425
downthringc1430
vicea1525
tread1526
to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533
tyrannizea1533
wring1550
downpress1579
bepress1591
defoil1601
ingrate1604
crush1611
grinda1626
macerate1637
trample1646
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt > triumph over or subjugate contemptuously
trample1583
trample1646
insult1775
to trample down1853
tripudiate1888
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on
attaina1382
pinchc1400
accroach1423
usurp1447
to usurp on or upon1493
invade?1521
encroachc1534
jetc1590
enjamb1600
to trench on or upon1622
trench1631
trample1646
to gain on or upon1647
trespass1652
impose1667
impinge1758
infringe1769
1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 93 Trample not on the imperfections of any.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxiii. 26 They should be trampled upon by the most barbarous Nations of the earth.
1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 152 [They] trample over your Faces magnificently, boasting their chief Pontificates.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 19 May 153 Wit tramples upon rules.
1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 82 I am jealous of being trampled upon.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 70 His friends..were being trampled upon by the populace whom he despised.
4.
a. transitive. To tread heavily and (esp.) injuriously upon; to crush, break down, or destroy by heavy treading; also to trample down, to trample under foot.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down > by treading or trampling
treadc825
trample1530
foil1649
to beat up-
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down
treadc825
oftreadeOE
fortreadc1000
overrunOE
treadc1000
fulla1400
trample1530
trachlec1550
betrample1567
hobnail1875
to plough down1877
steamroll1900
steamroller1913
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > trample
treadc825
overtreadOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
defoulc1290
foil13..
to-treada1382
foula1400
fulyie1488
overgo1488
trample1530
tramp1533
conculcate1570
trample1577
overtrample1589
tramp1596
inculcate1598
stramplea1610
calcate1623
scrunch1861
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt > triumph over or subjugate contemptuously
trample1583
trample1646
insult1775
to trample down1853
tripudiate1888
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 760/2 Se howe this way is trampelled.
1596 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell 71 To gather vp more cleane, and not for to trample so much vnder their feete.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vii. 6 Neither cast yee your pearles before swine: lest they trample them vnder their feet. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xvii. 2) 109 He can as easily blast an oak, as trample a mushrome.
1725 T. Thomas in Portland P. VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 111 [Here] we had the first sight of the Scotch ‘trampers’... These trampers are the women that wash their linen cloth..by putting it into a large tub, into which one or two of them..get in, and instead of making use of hands, trample it with their bare feet.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 261 Trampling down the dying man.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) i. 11 He would trample us under foot if he could.
1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli III. 290 The lands of neutrals are not to be trampled.
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xxxvii As an ox Tramples a flower-bed in a garden.
b. figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt > triumph over or subjugate contemptuously
trample1583
trample1646
insult1775
to trample down1853
tripudiate1888
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. ii. 112 [If] our heartes were not altogether so harde trampled and beaten as they are.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 982 To insult over Sparta..and at once to tread and trample under foot the high spirit and reputation of that city.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 14 Thus they trample all Learning under foot.
1793 W. Cowper in Yearly Bill Mortality Parish All-Saints (Northampton) 1792–3 (single sheet) Who trample Order, and the Day Which God asserts His own Dishonour.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 187 The party which had been vanquished, trampled down, and..annihilated.
5. transitive. To put in or out by tramping or stamping; esp. to trample out (fire); in quot. 1847, to make or cause by trampling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] > by trampling
to trample out1574
tread1602
1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 295 To tread or trample out: to wring out, exculco.
1842 R. Browning Cristina in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics vii The world's honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 99 I don't want Frederic to trample a hole in my muslin frock.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 113 The security against a spread of the conflagration was to trample it out upon the spot.
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v.a1382- gravel-eyed
- gravel-grass
- gravel-ground
- gravel-heap
- gravel-heart
- gravel-mill
- gravel-mine
- gravel-mining
- gravel-path
- gravel-pathed
- gravel-place
- gravel-plant
- gravel-powder
- gravel-rash
- gravel-root
- gravel-soil
- gravel-spit
- gravel-spread
- gravel-stone
- gravel-strewn
- gravel-sweep
- gravel-terrace
- gravel-throated
- gravel-train
- gravel-voiced