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Webster 1913 Edition
Trash
Trash
,Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
tros
rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi
a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa
a rag, tatter.] 1.
That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals
trash
. Shakespeare
A haunch of venison would be
trash
to a Brahmin. Landor.
2.
Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
☞ In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash.
B. Edwards.
3.
A worthless person.
[R.]
Shak.
4.
A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Markham.
Trash ice
, crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trashed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trashing
.] 1.
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
B. Edwards.
2.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
[Obs.]
3.
To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
[R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Trash
,Verb.
I.
To follow with violence and trampling.
[R.]
The Puritan (1607).
Webster 1828 Edition
Trash
TRASH
, n.1.
Any waste or worthless matter. Who steals my money, steals trash.
2.
Loppings of trees; bruised canes, &c. In the West Indies,the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field-trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane-trash; and both are called trash.3.
Fruit or other matter improper for food, but eaten by children, &c. It is used particularly of unripe fruits.4.
A worthless person. [Not proper.]5.
A piece of leather or other thing fastened to a dog's neck to retard his speed.TRASH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To strip of leaves; as, to trash ratoons.2.
To crush; to humble; as, to trash the Jews.3.
To clog; to encumber; to hinder.TRASH
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
Trash
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See also: Trash
English
Noun
trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)
- (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- Landor
- A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
- Landor
- A container into which things are discarded.
- Something worthless or of poor quality.
- (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash.)
- (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
- A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Markham to this entry?)
- (fandom slang, humorous) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- I am Harry Potter trash.
Synonyms
- garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
- (container): trash can
- recycle bin (sense 5)
- See also Wikisaurus:trash
Derived terms
Translations
things to be discarded
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container
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something of poor quality
people of low social status or class
computer terminology
Verb
trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)
- (US) To discard.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- (US) To make into a mess.
- The burglars trashed the house.
- (US) To beat soundly in a game.
- (US) To disrespect someone or something
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
- (Can we find and add a quotation of B. Edwards to this entry?)
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
- To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:junk
Translations
to discard
to beat soundly
to free from trash, or worthless matter
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to treat as trash
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to hold back by a trash or leash
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