trash

Definitions


[traʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- waste material; refuse
(e.g: the subway entrance was blocked with trash)

- a person or people regarded as being of very low social standing
(e.g: clubs patronized by rock trash)

- the leaves, tops, and crushed stems of sugar cane, used as fuel


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th century) in trash; the other senses have arisen in the 20th century


[traʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- damage or destroy
(e.g: my apartment's been totally trashed)

- criticize severely
(e.g: trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient)

- strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th century) in trash; the other senses have arisen in the 20th century




definition by Oxford Dictionaries