trash🔊

(rubbish, literally) (North American) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

(rubbish bin, literally) (metonym) A container into which things are discarded.

(rubbish, figuratively) (figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.

(dubious assertion) A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful. +

(vegetation detritus on farm field) (agriculture) The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.

(low-grade tobacco) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades. +

(low-class people, derogatorily) (derogatory) People of low social status or class. {{qualifier|See, for example, ''white trash'' or ''Eurotrash''.}}

(in fandom) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.

(temporary storage on disk for deleted files) (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary. +

(US) To discard.

(US) To make into a mess.

(US) To beat soundly in a game.

To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect.

To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop. +

To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.