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trash
(trăsh)n.
1.
a. Worthless or discarded material or objects; refuse or rubbish.
b. A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded: threw the wrapper in the trash.
2.
a. Something considered worthless or of inferior quality, such as a piece of writing.
b. Disparaging, often abusive speech about a person or group.
c. A person or group of people regarded as worthless or contemptible.
3.
a. Something broken off or removed to be discarded, especially plant trimmings.
b. The refuse of sugarcane after extraction of the juice.
tr.v. trashed, trash·ing, trash·es
1. Slang
a. To throw away; discard: trashed the broken toaster.
b. To damage or wreck, as by vandalism: The house got trashed during the party.
c. To criticize severely or attack verbally: The film was trashed by reviewers.
2.
a. To remove twigs or branches from (a tree, for example).
b. To cut off the outer leaves of (growing sugarcane).
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialectal trask.]
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trash
(træʃ)n
1. foolish ideas or talk; nonsense
2. chiefly US and Canadian useless or unwanted matter or objects
3. a literary or artistic production of poor quality
4. chiefly US and Canadian a poor or worthless person or a group of such people
5. (Horticulture) bits that are broken or lopped off, esp the trimmings from trees or plants
6. (Plants) the dry remains of sugar cane after the juice has been extracted
vb
7. (Agriculture) to remove the outer leaves and branches from (growing plants, esp sugar cane)
8. slang to attack or destroy (someone or something) wilfully or maliciously
[C16: of obscure origin; perhaps related to Norwegian trask]
ˈtrashery n
trash
(træʃ)vb
(tr) to restrain with or as if with a lead
n
a lead for a dog
[C17: perhaps from obsolete French tracier to track, trace1]
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trash
(træʃ)n.
1. anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
2. foolish or pointless ideas or talk; nonsense.
3. a worthless or disreputable person.
4. such persons collectively.
5. literary or artistic material of poor or inferior quality.
6. broken or torn bits, as twigs, splinters, or rags.
7. something that is broken or lopped off from anything in preparing it for use.
8. the refuse of sugarcane after the juice has been expressed.
9. Computers. an icon of a trash can that is used to delete files dragged onto it.
v.t. 10. to destroy, damage, or vandalize, as in anger or protest.
11. to criticize, dismiss, or condemn as worthless.
12. to remove the outer leaves of (a growing sugarcane plant).
13. to free from superfluous twigs or branches.
[1325–75; Middle English trasches (pl.), appar. c. Norwegian trask rubbish; akin to Old English trus brushwood, Old Norse tros rubbish]
trash′er, n.
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Trash
rubbish; dross; worthless people collectively; splinters and twigs from tree or hedge cutting, 1707.Examples: trash of straw, 1574; tobacco trash, 1763.
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trash
Past participle: trashed
Gerund: trashing
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| Noun | 1. |  trash - worthless material that is to be disposed ofwaste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" scrap metal - discarded metal suitable for reprocessing; "he finally sold the car for scrap metal" debris, detritus, junk, rubble, dust - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) |
| 2. |  trash - worthless people | |
| 3. | trash - nonsensical talk or writing | |
| 4. | trash - an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant deoxyephedrine, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, chicken feed, crank, chalk, glass, ice amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed - a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law | |
| Verb | 1. |  trash - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| 2. |  trash - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" |
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trash
noun
1. nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), rot, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African taboo slang), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) Don't read that awful trash.
nonsense reason, sense, significance, logic
nonsense reason, sense, significance, logic
verb
1. wreck, damage, destroy, ruin, mar, spoil, deface, vandalize, total (informal) Would they trash the place when the party was over?
2. criticise, attack, abuse, insult, knock (informal), pan (informal), condemn, hammer (informal), slam (informal), rubbish (Brit. informal), savage, roast (informal), slate (Brit. informal), censure, crucify (informal), slag off (Brit. informal), flay, bad-mouth (chiefly U.S.), lambaste, take to pieces (informal), give a bad press to, take or pull apart (informal) Why did the candidates spend so much time trashing each other?
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trash
noun1. Something that does not have or make sense:
balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, twaddle.
Informal: tommyrot.
2. A group of persons regarded as the lowest class:
Slang: scum.
Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed.
Slang. To injure or destroy (property) maliciously:
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Translations
brakodpadkysmetí
affald
rämps
roskaroskakorisotkeajäte
smeće
szemét
rusl
くだらないことごみ
쓰레기허튼 소리
bevertis
drazanieki
brak
smetsmeti
skräp
ขยะ
rác
trash
[træʃ] (US)A. N
1. (= rubbish) → basura f, desperdicios mpl
B. VT
2. (= criticize) [+ person] → poner verde; [+ ideas] → poner por los suelos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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trash
n
(US: = refuse) → Abfall m
(= goods) → Schund m, → Ramsch m (inf), → billiges Zeug; (= book, play etc) → Schund m; (= pop group etc) → Mist m (inf); don’t talk trash → red nicht so einen Quatsch (inf)
(pej inf: = people) → Gesindel nt, → Pack nt; trash like her → Gesindel wie sie; she/he is trash → sie/er taugt nichts ? white trash
vt
(esp US inf: = criticize) → verreißen, schlechtmachen
trash
:trash can
n (US) → Abfalleimer m
trashman
n (US) → Müllmann m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
trash
[træʃ] n (Am) (rubbish) → rifiuti mpl, spazzatura (pej) (goods) → ciarpame m (fig) (nonsense) → sciocchezze fpl, stupidaggini fplthe book is trash → il libro è una schifezza
they're just trash (fam, pej) (people) → sono dei pezzenti
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
trash
(trӕʃ) noun rubbish. Throw it away! It's just trash.
ˈtrashy adjective worthless. trashy jewellery/novels/music.
ˈtrashcan noun (American) a dustbin.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
trash
→ قَمَامَة, هُرَاء odpadky, smetí affald Abfall, Müll σκουπίδι, σκουπίδια basura jäte, roska déchets, ordures smeće immondizia くだらないこと, ごみ 쓰레기, 허튼 소리 afval, rotzooi søppel śmieci lixo мусор, хлам skräp ขยะ çöp rác 垃圾, 糟透的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
trash
n. basura, desecho.
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