trash

UK /tɹæʃ/ US /tɹæʃ/
noun 5verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

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.

When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.

4

A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.

5

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.

verb

1

To discard.

Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.

2

To make into a mess.

The burglars trashed the house.

3

To beat soundly in a game.

4

To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect.

20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along? It is a British tradition for the media to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding by trashing the incoming in-laws, from Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer, to Kate Middleton’s Uncle Gary and his memorably named Ibizan villa, Maison de Bang Bang.

5

To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.

to trash the rattoons of sugar cane

the ancient practice of trashing ratoons i.e. stripping them of their outward leaves

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