trash
noun
[ traʃ ]
• waste material; refuse.
• "the subway entrance was blocked with trash"
Similar:
waste,
waste material,
refuse,
litter,
garbage,
debris,
junk,
dross,
detritus,
sweepings,
dregs,
remains,
rubbish,
crap,
• a person or people regarded as being of very low social standing.
• "clubs patronized by rock trash"
Similar:
rabble,
scum,
vermin,
dregs,
good-for-nothings,
lowest of the low,
underclass,
the dregs,
untouchables,
the hoi polloi,
canaille,
riff-raff,
• the leaves, tops, and crushed stems of sugar cane, used as fuel.
trash
verb
• damage or destroy.
• "my apartment's been totally trashed"
• criticize severely.
• "trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient"
Similar:
criticize,
lambast,
censure,
attack,
insult,
abuse,
give a bad press to,
condemn,
flay,
savage,
pan,
knock,
take to pieces,
take/pull apart,
crucify,
hammer,
slam,
bash,
roast,
maul,
throw brickbats at,
slate,
rubbish,
slag off,
bad-mouth,
pummel,
• strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster.
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th century) in trash (sense 3 of the verb); the other senses have arisen in the 20th century.
