Meaning

2 senses
  1. (plural, usually plural)The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

    Bodensatz, Satz, Sediment

    оса́докosádok, отсто́йotstój, отбро́сыotbrósy

    гу́щаhúšča

    sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

  2. (figuratively, plural, usually plural)The worst and lowest part of something.

    the dregs of society

    I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening.

    Abschaum, Dreck

    отбро́сыotbrósy, отре́бьеotrébʹje, подо́нкиpodónki

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
settled sediment:
Русский
By meaning 2
settled sediment:
the worst and lowest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
settled sediment:
the worst and lowest:

Forms

plural: dregses
Singulardregs
Pluraldregses

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedtofu dregs

See also

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