Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trampled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet. --Matt. vii.
6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trampled
adj : crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily; "her
trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"; "the grass
was trodden and muddy" [syn: {trodden}]
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