trash
Useless physical things to be discardedUseless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
» Did you take the trash out?
Ти виніс сміття?
Ти винесла сміття?
Ви винесли сміття?
Meaning
10 senses(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
Abfall, Mist, Müll
му́сорmúsor
сміття́smittjá
(Canada, US, countable, metonymically, uncountable)A container into which things are discarded.
Mistkübel, Mülleimer, Papierkorb
(Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something worthless or of poor quality.
When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
дряньdrjanʹ, ерунда́jerundá, халту́раxaltúra
worthless people
(Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Media, such as movies and novels, that are entertaining but unsophisticated, crass or aimed at the lowest common denominator.
My guilty pleasure is 80s horror trash.
(countable, uncountable)A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
(Southern, US, countable, uncountable)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.
(uncountable)Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
(Canada, US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
Bodensatz (der Gesellschaft), Unterschicht
отро́дьеotródʹje, отре́бьеotrébʹje, швальšvalʹ
(Canada, US, humorous, slang, uncountable)A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan
I am Harry Potter trash.
(countable, uncountable)Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
Drag the unwanted message to the trash.
Examples
504 sentencesDid you take the trash out?
Ти виніс сміття?
Can you get this trash out of here?
Ви можете винести звідси це сміття?
ruТы можешь вынести отсюда этот мусор?
Take out the trash.
Винеси сміття.
ruВынеси мусор!
deBring den Müll nach draußen.
Tom took the trash out.
Том виніс сміття.
ruТом вынес мусор.
I took out the trash.
Я викинув сміття.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney trFrom Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
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Forms
plural: trashesSynonyms
72 synonyms- worthless people:scum
- worthless material that is to be disposed of:rubbishscrap
- nonsensical talk or writing:folderolrubbishtripetrumperywish-washapplesaucecodswallop
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant:methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkchicken feedcrank
Word family
58 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- out the trash
- in the trash
- the trash can
- take the trash
- the trash out