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trodden

/ˈtɹɑ.dən/

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What does trodden mean?

adjective

  1. crushed by being walked on.

verb

  1. past participle of tread

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɹɑ.dən/

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The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
The combatants advanced along the trodden tracks, nearer and nearer to one another, beginning to see one another through the mist.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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The place seemed to be much trodden, and yet not a house, or the remains of a house, could be discerned.
Andrew KippisNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening PeriodsProject Gutenberg ebook #7777
We have ourselves often seen barley trodden into the ground, if occasionally we left the task of feeding to the lad.
Miss CoultonOur Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by ItProject Gutenberg ebook #11555
Upon that, I turned down the long passage which I had first trodden in my thick boots, and he made his bell sound.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400