TRASH


Meaning of TRASH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ træʃ ]

( trashes, trashing, trashed)

1.

Trash consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty containers and bottles, and waste food. ( AM; in BRIT, use rubbish )

N-UNCOUNT : also the N

2.

If you say that something such as a book, painting, or film is trash , you mean that it is of very poor quality. ( INFORMAL )

Pop music doesn’t have to be trash, it can be art...

= rubbish

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If someone trashes a place or vehicle, they deliberately destroy it or make it very dirty. ( INFORMAL )

Would they trash the place when the party was over?...

= wreck

VERB : V n

4.

If you trash people or their ideas, you criticize them very strongly and say that they are worthless. ( mainly AM INFORMAL )

People asked why the candidates spent so much time trashing each other.

= rubbish

VERB : V n

5.

see also white trash

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.