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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Examples of "trash" in Sentences

  • I threw a trash in the garbage can.
  • Enlighten the readership, ax the trash.
  • Arthur angrily throws the box in the trash.
  • The man took the garbage out of the trash bin.
  • He is the leader of the motorcycle gang Trash.
  • The hooligans proceed in and trash the apartment.
  • It is the electronic equivalent of decomposing trash.
  • It appears to trash the gut, the nerves and the liver.
  • The bomb was hidden in the trash bin near the bus stop.
  • Perhaps the ability to see treasure in trash is enhanced.
  • But discarding them with the rest of the trash is acceptable.
  • I never even see those guys, but the trash is always picked up.
  • The team, who causes the teacher to remove the trash bin from the room, loses.
  • I know throwing them in the trash is a “no no” and they can not go into the recycle stash.
  • He was taking off some of these launch restraints, putting in what they call the trash bag here.
  • A Frenchman will rather talk trash, _knowing that he is talking trash_, than remain silent and let others remain silent.
  • In an interview after the sentencing, I asked Mort if as a pioneer in what we call trash TV, he felt responsible for tragedy.
  • The recycling companies know that separating out the trash is a waste of time, and that if they want to get more people to recycle, they need to make it easier.

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