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Definition: Trampled |
TrampledAdjective1. Crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass was trodden and muddy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trampled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: TrampledSynonym: trodden (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Trampled |
| English words defined with "trampled": Abature ♦ trample, tread, trodden. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trampled": Adultery. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "trampled": Trample. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Can you not speak to me because you love meor because you just got trampled by a herd of reindeer (Hooves of Fire; writing credit: Andy Riley; Kevin Cecil) Maybe you will if you aren't trampled to death first or eaten alive or die of starvation (The Land Unknown; writing credit: Charles Palmer; William N. Robson) It is despots and tryants who run our rivers red with the colors of a hundred trampled flags that unfurl in the winds of liberty, blowing over centuries of deprivation (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon) Now the scene's been trampled on by half the neighborhood, I can get a better suspect description out of Helen Keller and Forensics is tied up until next Easter (Hill Street Blues; writing credit: Steve Bello; David Black) I don't want to be trampled by a horse (Love and Death; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Lyrics | I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Trampled in dust (Where the Streets Have no Name; performing artist: U2) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Close up of a trampled spring. Credit: Unknown. |  | Long shot of a trampled spring showing the flow area. Credit: Unknown. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | As he said this, he savagely tore a heartsease in two, and trampled on the pieces |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their great horses reared, trampled upon the ranks, leaped over the bayonets and fell, gigantic, in the midst of these four living walls |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And the little green carrot tops were kicked off and the turnip greens trampled. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Lebanon | Demonstrators were beaten with rifle butts, kicked, and trampled by security forces. (references) |
Human Rights | Ghana | In the ensuing stampede, 126 persons were crushed and trampled to death as they tried to escape the tear gas. (references) |
Zimbabwe | In 2000 at a soccer match in Harare, 12 persons were trampled to death after police fired tear gas into stands where opposition supporters were waving MDC banners and chanting antigovernment slogans. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | On August 8, 18 garment workers were trampled to death because an exit gate jammed as they were fleeing a factory after a fire alarm. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | In our rush to accomplish great deeds quickly, we trampled on sound principles of restraint and endangered the rights of individuals. |
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| "Trampled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 61.59% of the time. "Trampled" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 61.59% | 93 | 34,067 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 22.52% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 15.89% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Total | 100.00% | 151 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "trampled": trampled to death. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "trampled": much-trampled. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trampled | 98 |
foot trampled | 7 |
trampled video | 7 |
heel high in trampled | 7 |
foot trampled under | 5 |
trampled underfoot | 4 |
horse trampled | 4 |
lyrics trampled underfoot | 4 |
ibn trampled | 4 |
trample trampling trampled | 3 |
death trampled | 2 |
foot tab trampled under | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "trampled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 践踏 (Tramped, tramping, trample, trampling, Treading, Trod, trodden). (various references) | |
German | zerstampfte (bruised, trampled down), getrampelt. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מובס (beaten, defeated, trodden), "רוס (torn, trodden). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terinjak-injak (disregarded, ignored, trampled upon). (various references) | |
Korean | "밟" (Tramped). (various references) | |
Manx | sthampit (tramped, trodden). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampledtray.(various references) | |
Swedish | ihjältrampad (trampled to death). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Trampled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trampey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trampled" (pronounced tra"mpuld) |
| 6 | -a" m p u l d | sampled. |
| 5 | -m p u l d | crumpled, dimpled, rumpled. |
| 4 | -p u l d | coupled, crippled, grappled, peopled, principled, quadrupled, quintupled, rippled, stapled, toppled, tripled, unprincipled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, crackled, credentialed, crumbled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, pickled, pummeled, puzzled, quarreled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, saddled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, totaled, totalled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-m-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: templar, tramped, trample. | |
-2 letters: ampler, armlet, damper, dartle, depart, dermal, dreamt, lamped, malted, marled, marted, medlar, palmed, palmer, palter, parled, parted, pedlar, petard, plated, plater, prated, ramped, tamped, tamper, tramel. | |
-3 letters: adept, alder, alert, alter, ample, apter, armed, armet, artel, dater, dealt, delta, derat, derma, drape, dream, lader, lamed, lamer, lated, later, leapt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-m-p-r-t" | |
+3 letters: promulgated, reimplanted. | |
+4 letters: departmental, perambulated, slipstreamed, temporalized. | |
+5 letters: pamphleteered, predominantly, predominately, preformulated, superdiplomat. | |
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