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--v. 2 impede, hinder, handicap, check, restrain, curb, deter,<br />

constrain, block, obstruct, fetter, confine: Do not let the<br />

limitations <strong>of</strong> what's practical and possible trammel your<br />

imagination.<br />

tramp v. 1 march, hike, trudge, plod, slog, plough, tread, trek,<br />

walk, US mush: I must have tramped across half <strong>of</strong> England<br />

looking for work. 2 Usually, tramp on or upon. See trample, 1,<br />

below.<br />

--n. 3 march, trudge, plod, slog, trek, hike, walk: Every day<br />

we had to make the five-mile tramp into the village for water. 4<br />

derelict, vagabond, vagrant, drifter, rover, gypsy, beachcomber,<br />

Brit dosser, down-and-out, Australian swagman, US hobo, bum,<br />

down-and-outer: <strong>The</strong> police do not allow tramps to sleep in<br />

public parks. 5 step, tread, footfall, footstep: She couldn't<br />

get to sleep until she heard her husband's tramp on the stair.<br />

trample v. 1 trample on or upon, tramp (on or upon), stamp (on), tread<br />

(on), step on, crush, press, squash, flatten, Colloq stomp (on<br />

or upon), squish, squush or squoosh: After the harvest, we<br />

would take turns trampling the grapes. 2 Often, trample on or<br />

upon. violate, damage, harm, hurt, infringe or encroach on, ride<br />

roughshod over, set at naught, scorn, contemn, disdain, defy,<br />

disregard, ignore, fly in the face <strong>of</strong>, fling or cast or throw to<br />

the winds: <strong>The</strong> military regime trampled on the people's civil<br />

rights. 3 Usually, trample out. trample down, trample<br />

underfoot, stamp out, extinguish, put out, destroy, crush, break<br />

down: <strong>The</strong> left-wing parties were trampled in a military coup.<br />

trance n. daze, stupor, semi-conscious or half-conscious or hypnotic<br />

or cataleptic or dream state, state <strong>of</strong> semi-consciousness or<br />

half-consciousness or catalepsy or suspended animation or<br />

stupefaction or abstraction or (complete) absorption or<br />

exaltation or rapture or ecstasy; brown study: He walked about<br />

all day in a trance, oblivious to what was going on around him.<br />

tranquil adj. calm, serene, placid, quiet, peaceful, still, smooth,<br />

unagitated, halcyon, relaxed; unruffled, sedate, steady,<br />

regular, even, dispassionate, self-possessed, cool,<br />

self-controlled, cool-headed, unexcited, undisturbed,<br />

untroubled, unperturbed: He <strong>of</strong>ten thought back to the tranquil,

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