noun. 
                    A frequent heavy or rough tread; a trampling.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    To beat or tread down by the tramping or stamping of feet, or by frequent treading; prostrate or crush by treading under foot; tread upon or tread down, literally or figuratively.
                  
                
                  
                    
                    To tread with repeated force and shock; stamp; hence, to tramp roughshod; tread roughly or contemptuously.