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--v. 2 impede, hinder, handicap, check, restrain, curb, deter,
constrain, block, obstruct, fetter, confine: Do not let the
limitations of what's practical and possible trammel your
imagination.
tramp v. 1 march, hike, trudge, plod, slog, plough, tread, trek,
walk, US mush: I must have tramped across half of England
looking for work. 2 Usually, tramp on or upon. See trample, 1,
below.
--n. 3 march, trudge, plod, slog, trek, hike, walk: Every day
we had to make the five-mile tramp into the village for water. 4
derelict, vagabond, vagrant, drifter, rover, gypsy, beachcomber,
Brit dosser, down-and-out, Australian swagman, US hobo, bum,
down-and-outer: The police do not allow tramps to sleep in
public parks. 5 step, tread, footfall, footstep: She couldn't
get to sleep until she heard her husband's tramp on the stair.
trample v. 1 trample on or upon, tramp (on or upon), stamp (on), tread
(on), step on, crush, press, squash, flatten, Colloq stomp (on
or upon), squish, squush or squoosh: After the harvest, we
would take turns trampling the grapes. 2 Often, trample on or
upon. violate, damage, harm, hurt, infringe or encroach on, ride
roughshod over, set at naught, scorn, contemn, disdain, defy,
disregard, ignore, fly in the face of, fling or cast or throw to
the winds: The military regime trampled on the people's civil
rights. 3 Usually, trample out. trample down, trample
underfoot, stamp out, extinguish, put out, destroy, crush, break
down: The left-wing parties were trampled in a military coup.
trance n. daze, stupor, semi-conscious or half-conscious or hypnotic
or cataleptic or dream state, state of semi-consciousness or
half-consciousness or catalepsy or suspended animation or
stupefaction or abstraction or (complete) absorption or
exaltation or rapture or ecstasy; brown study: He walked about
all day in a trance, oblivious to what was going on around him.
tranquil adj. calm, serene, placid, quiet, peaceful, still, smooth,
unagitated, halcyon, relaxed; unruffled, sedate, steady,
regular, even, dispassionate, self-possessed, cool,
self-controlled, cool-headed, unexcited, undisturbed,
untroubled, unperturbed: He often thought back to the tranquil,