Trash /(?)/
Trash
n.
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That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
- Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
- A worthless person. [R.]
- A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Phrases & Compounds
- Trash ice
- crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
- 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.]
Trash
v. i.
- To follow with violence and trampling. [R.]