DREGS


Meaning of DREGS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dregz ]

1.

The dregs of a liquid are the last drops left at the bottom of a container, together with any solid bits that have sunk to the bottom.

Colum drained the dregs from his cup.

N-PLURAL : usu the N [ disapproval ]

2.

If you talk about the dregs of society or of a community, you mean the people in it who you consider to be the most worthless and bad.

He sees dissidents as the dregs of society.

N-PLURAL : usu the N of n [ disapproval ]

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