TRASH


Meaning of TRASH in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. esp. US worthless or waste stuff; rubbish, refuse.

2 a worthless person or persons.

3 a thing of poor workmanship or material.

4 (in full cane-trash) W.Ind. the refuse of crushed sugar canes and dried stripped leaves and tops of sugar cane used as fuel.

--v.tr.

1. esp. US colloq. wreck.

2 strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to speed up the ripening process.

3 esp. US colloq. expose the worthless nature of; disparage.

Phrases and idioms:

trash can US a dustbin. trash-ice (on a sea, lake, etc.) broken ice mixed with water.

Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.