Trample
Trample , transitive verb
[Old English trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, transitive verb]
1.
To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. — Dryden
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet.
2.
Figuratively: To treat with contempt and insult. — Cowper
Trample , intransitive verb
1.
To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
2.
To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own.
Trample , noun
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. — Milton
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep.