Trash
Trash , noun
[Compare Icelandic tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Swedish trasa a rag, tatter.]
1.
That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
2.
Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash.
3.
A worthless person. [Rare] — Shakespeare
4.
A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. — Markham
Collocations (1)
Trash ice , crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash , transitive verb
1.
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. — B. Edwards
2.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obsolete]
3.
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. [Rare] — Beau. & Fl
Trash , intransitive verb
To follow with violence and trampling. [Rare] — The Puritan (1607)