trash
IPA: trˈæʃ
noun
- (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- (chiefly Canada, US, metonymically) A container into which things are discarded.
- (chiefly Canada, US, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
- A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
- (chiefly Southern United States, agriculture) The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
- (agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- (chiefly Canada, US, fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
verb
- (US) To discard.
- (US) To make into a mess.
- (US) To beat soundly in a game.
- (transitive) To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect.
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- 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.
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