TRASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trash mean? 

• TRASH (noun)
  The noun TRASH has 4 senses:

1. worthless material that is to be disposed of

2. worthless people

3. nonsensical talk or writing

4. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

  Familiarity information: TRASH used as a noun is uncommon.

• TRASH (verb)
  The verb TRASH has 2 senses:

1. dispose of (something useless or old)

2. express a totally negative opinion of

  Familiarity information: TRASH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

rubbish; scrap; trash

Hypernyms ("trash" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trash"):

scrap metal (discarded metal suitable for reprocessing)

debris; detritus; dust; junk; rubble (the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up)

litter (rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places))

Derivation:

trash (dispose of (something useless or old))

trashy (cheap and inferior; of no value)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Worthless people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

scum; trash

Hypernyms ("trash" is a kind of...):

rabble; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail; riffraff (disparaging terms for the common people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Nonsensical talk or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

applesauce; codswallop; folderol; rubbish; trash; tripe; trumpery; wish-wash

Hypernyms ("trash" is a kind of...):

drivel; garbage (a worthless message)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 4

Meaning:

An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chalk; chicken feed; crank; deoxyephedrine; glass; ice; meth; methamphetamine; methamphetamine hydrochloride; Methedrine; shabu; trash

Hypernyms ("trash" is a kind of...):

amphetamine; pep pill; speed; upper (a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression)

controlled substance (a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law)

• TRASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trash    ... he / she / it trashes   
Past simple: trashed   
Past participle: trashed   
-ing form: trashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose of (something useless or old)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

junk; scrap; trash

Context example:

scrap your old computer

Hypernyms (to "trash" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Express a totally negative opinion of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

pan; tear apart; trash

Context example:

The critics panned the performance

Hypernyms (to "trash" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue trash the movie

 Context examples 

Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

(H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

These cells, called microglia, often play a beneficial role by helping to clear trash and protect the central nervous system against infection.

(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)

Lebreton said the trash in the patch, discovered in the early 1990s, comes from countries around the Pacific Rim, including nations in Asia as well as North and South America.

(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)

An international group of researchers has found that plastic trash entering the world’s oceans attracts microbes that cause corals to sicken and die.

(Plastic debris linked to coral disease, death, SciDev.Net)

It is also found in tobacco smoke, car exhaust, and trash landfills.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)

"I think you and I could do as well as that if we tried," returned Jo, amused at his admiration of the trash.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

One of the benefits of the cooperation for Brazil is that it allows the country better preparation for satellite launches by providing more detailed data on the space trash routes.

(High tech Russian telescope to start operating in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

It is estimated there are 7,500 tons of trash in space.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)

My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Moreover, we should not crumple the tickets to throw them in the trash, play with them, write notes on them, or store them in cars, purses or handbags.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)