trash

TRASH/tɹæʃ/

15 meanings of trash

1
nounCanadaUScountable or uncountable
Things you throw away because you no longer want or need them.
Like the empty cans and food scraps you throw in the bin after a meal.
Please take the trash out before it starts to smell.
We put all the trash in bags after the party.
Similargarbage, rubbish, refuse, waste, junk
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2
verbUStransitive
To throw something away because you do not want it.
Like dropping a wrapper into the bin instead of keeping it.
Just trash those old magazines if you don't read them.
He decided to trash the broken toaster.
Similardiscard, dump, toss, ditch, scrap
Oppositekeep
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3
nounfigurativelyCanadaUScountable or uncountable
Something that is very bad or has no value.
Like a toy that breaks the very first day you play with it.
That movie was complete trash and a waste of money.
He says the cheap toy is just trash.
Similarrubbish, garbage, junk, drivel
4
nounmetonymicallyCanadaUScountable or uncountable
A bin or can where you put things you throw away.
Like the can in your kitchen where food scraps and wrappers go.
Throw the banana peel in the trash, please.
The trash by the door is already full.
Similarbin, trashcan, trashbin
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5
verbtransitive
To treat someone very badly, as if they have no worth.
Like stepping on someone's drawing and laughing at it.
The coach trashed the players in front of everyone.
Don't trash your friends just to look good.
Similarbash, slam, disparage, rubbish, denigrate
Oppositepraise
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6
nouncountable or uncountable
A place on a computer that holds deleted files so you can get them back.
Like a box where you put papers before you really throw them away.
Drag the old file into the trash if you don't need it.
I found the photo in the trash and restored it.
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7
nounslangderogatoryCanadaUScountable or uncountable
A mean, insulting word for people seen as having low class or status.
He sneered and called them trash for living in the trailer park.
Treating poor families like trash says more about you than them.
Similarscum, riffraff, rabble
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8
verbUStransitive
To turn a place into a complete mess.
Like a storm that leaves branches and leaves scattered all over the yard.
The puppy trashed the living room while we were out.
Don't trash the kitchen while you cook.
Similarwreck, vandalize, ruin, destroy
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9
verbUStransitive
To beat someone very badly in a game or contest.
Like winning a race while the others are still tying their shoes.
Our team trashed theirs by twenty points.
They will trash us if we don't practice.
Similarthrash, crush, trounce, rout, hammer
10
nouncountable or uncountable
Boastful or untrue talk, often meant to insult someone.
Like a kid bragging he can beat everyone when he really can't.
He talked so much trash before the match.
Ignore the trash he says about other players.
Similarrubbish, garbage
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Origin

From Middle English trasch, probably from Old Norse tros, meaning rubbish or fallen leaves and twigs.