Define the word trash"Trash" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Trash \Trash\, v. 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.
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2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
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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.
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"Trash" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Trash \Trash\, n. [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.
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Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak.
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A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
--Landor.
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2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
cane, or the like.
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Note: 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.
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3. A worthless person. [R.] --Shak.
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4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
pursuing game. --Markham.
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Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
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"Trash" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Trash \Trash\, v. i.
To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
(1607).
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"trash" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
trash
n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish,
scrap]
2: worthless people [syn: scum]
3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe,
trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]
4: amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;
used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an
appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk,
chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu]
v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
[syn: junk, scrap]
2: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart]
"trash" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "trash":
absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls,
baloney, bibble-babble, bilge, blabber, blather, bombast, bosh,
bric-a-brac, brummagem, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, canaille,
castaway, castoff, cattle, chaff, chicken feed, chickenshit,
clamjamfry, claptrap, crap, debris, deface, derelict, destroy,
details, dirt, discard, dogie, double-talk, dregs,
dregs of society, drivel, drool, dross, dust, eyewash,
fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flotsam,
flotsam and jetsam, flummery, folderol, foundling, fripperies,
frippery, froth, fudge, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon,
garbage, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gimcrackery,
gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hokum, hooey, humbug, jabber,
jargon, jetsam, junk, kelter, knickknackery, lagan, leavings,
litter, lumber, malarkey, masses, minutiae, mob, moonshine,
mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, odds and ends,
offal, offscourings, offscum, orphan, pack of nonsense, palaver,
peanuts, piffle, poppycock, prate, prattle, proletariat, raff,
ragtag and bobtail, rant, refuse, reject, riffraff, rigamarole,
rigmarole, rodomontade, rot, rubbish, rubble, ruin, scoria, scrap,
scum, shoddy, skimble-skamble, slag, slog, slop, small beer,
small change, sordes, stodge, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence,
sweepings, swinish multitude, tinsel, toil, trifles, trinkets,
trivia, truck, trudge, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle,
unwashed, vandalize, vaporing, vermin, waffling, waif,
waifs and strays, waste, wastrel, wreck
"trash" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
trash vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure). The
most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle,
scribble, and roach.
"trash" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
trash
To destroy, e.g. the contents of a data structure. The most
common of the family of near-synonyms including mung,
mangle, and scribble.
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