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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.
To lop; to crop.
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.
To follow with violence and trampling.

Definition 2024


Trash

Trash

See also: trash

German

Noun

Trash m (genitive Trash or Trashs, no plural)

  1. unsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking cultural product; trash

Derived terms

trash

trash

See also: Trash

English

Noun

trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)

  1. (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
    • Landor
      A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
  2. A container into which things are discarded.
  3. Something worthless or of poor quality.
  4. (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash.)
  5. (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
  6. 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?)
  7. (fandom slang, humorous) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
    I am Harry Potter trash.


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trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)

  1. (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.
  2. (US) To make into a mess.
    The burglars trashed the house.
  3. (US) To beat soundly in a game.
  4. (US) To disrespect someone or something
  5. 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?)
  6. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
  7. 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?)

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  • See also Wikisaurus:junk

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See also

recycle bin

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