The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd.trampletram‧ple /ˈtræmpəl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] 
There was a small fence to stop people trampling on the flowers.trample somebody/something underfoot The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd.trample somebody to death (=kill someone by stepping heavily on them) Several people were nearly trampled to death in the rush to get out.2to behave in a way that shows that you do not care about someone’s rights or feelingstrample on/over somebody/something Don’t let people trample all over you. Their interests and rights had been trampled underfoot.
WORD ORIGINtrample
Origin:
1300-1400 trampVERB TABLE
trample
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | trample |
| he, she, it | tramples | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trampled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trampled |
| he, she, it | has trampled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trampled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will trample |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trampled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am trampling |
| he, she, it | is trampling | |
| you, we, they | are trampling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was trampling |
| you, we, they | were trampling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trampling |
| he, she, it | has been trampling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trampling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trampling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trampling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Kids chasing balls have trampled the flower beds.
- But the imperial rescript tramples such considerations under foot.
- But they could, of course, take it to indicate that they can trample all over you.
- If grass had ever grown there, every blade had been trampled to death long ago.
- If he thought he could trample roughshod over her plans, just as he pleased, he had a lot to learn.
- Lopped off brambles lay around and the long grass was all trampled.
- Rock fall and trampling in the narrow confines of a cave are two major factors.
- Three hundred workpeople trampling about and regular cleaning means traces are going to be destroyed long ago, I would have thought.
- We should overlook the trampled grass in the square and the lowly origins of the glistening fountain.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd. Their interests and rights had been trampled underfoot.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1to step heavily on something, so that you crush it with your feettrample on/over/through etc The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd. (=kill someone by stepping heavily on them) Several people were nearly trampled to death in the rush to get out.
Several people were nearly trampled to death in the rush to get out. Their interests and rights had been trampled underfoot.· It's getting there without trampling on too many people.· Several people were trampled on and crushed.· The canvas, which was trampled on and folded up despite its great size, vanished.· She jumped to her feet, screaming in terror, certain that she was about to be trampled on.· The complex understandings and practices that had shaped the relationship between central and local government had been trampled on.
· And behind him, yet another three, pouring through the gap, trampling over their fallen companions in their eagerness.· L7 aren't half-arsed rockers, they trample over most of their rivals, they don't want to be blokes.· There shouldn't have been a cattle herd of feet trampling over the grass.· She would not let him trample over her!· Occasionally, one would flick snow at the other - although by now the snow was well trampled over a wide area.
· Their black gowns flowed to the floor where they were frequently trampled underfoot by passing waiters.· The problem is not, as you might think, that the butterflies are being trampled underfoot.· She felt certain that she must fall on her face and be trampled underfoot.
NOUN· Rangers rarely respond to their outcry when a person is trampled to death by the same beasts.· The man we trampled to death is again alive.· In the same area, a farmer was trampled to death by his cattle, a vicar ran amok in his church.· If grass had ever grown there, every blade had been trampled to death long ago.· The calves must be roped and led out of the stockade first, lest the terrified adults trample them to death.· I was terrified of being trampled to death.· In a tournament at Paris in August 1186 Duke Geoffrey was trampled to death.
There was a small fence to stop people trampling on the flowers.trample somebody/something underfoot The children were in danger of being trampled underfoot in the crowd.trample somebody to death (=kill someone by stepping heavily on them) Several people were nearly trampled to death in the rush to get out.2to behave in a way that shows that you do not care about someone’s rights or feelingstrample on/over somebody/something Don’t let people trample all over you. Their interests and rights had been trampled underfoot.