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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  trash
       
          To destroy, e.g. the contents of a data structure.  The most
          common of the family of near-synonyms including mung,
          mangle, and scribble.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-11-03)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Trash \Trash\, n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs
     picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a
     rag, tatter.]
     1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Who steals my purse steals trash.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
                                                    --Landor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
        cane, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: 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. --B. Edwards.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A worthless person. [R.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
        pursuing game. --Markham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Trash \Trash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Trashing.]
     1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to
        crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. --B.
        Edwards.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
        humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Trash \Trash\, v. i.
     To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
     (1607).
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  trash vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure). The
     most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle,
     scribble, and roach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Trash \Trash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Trashing.]
     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. [Obs.]
  
     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. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Trash \Trash\, v. i.
     To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
     (1607).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Trash \Trash\, n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs
     picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a
     rag, tatter.]
     1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
  
              Who steals my purse steals trash.     --Shak.
  
              A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
                                                    --Landor.
  
     2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
        cane, or the like.
  
     Note: 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. --B. Edwards.
  
     3. A worthless person. [R.] --Shak.
  
     4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
        pursuing game. --Markham.
  
     Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  trash
       n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish,
             scrap]
       2: worthless people [syn: scum]
       3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe,
           trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]
       4: amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;
          used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an
          appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine
          hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk,
           chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu]
       v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
            chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
            [syn: junk, scrap]
       2: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
          the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Αγγλικά n.
     (''κυρίως (αμερικανικά: 0=-)'') τα σκουπίδι, τα απόρριμμα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (ετικ μτβ αμερ σημ Αγγλικά) πετάω κάτι ως άχρηστο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Italian a.
     of an unrefined or vulgar taste; #Adjective
     Italian n.
     art movement that emphasizes what is ugly, grotesque, or vulgar;
  #Noun
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm trasch)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Trash
     German n.
     m unsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking product, most often a
  cultural product such as a film; trash

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     n.
     1 (senseid en rubbish, literally) (lb en chiefly North American)
  useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
     2 (senseid en rubbish bin, literally) (lb en chiefly North American
  metonym) A container into which things are discarded.
     3 (senseid en rubbish, figuratively) (lb en chiefly North American
  figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
     4 (senseid en dubious assertion) A dubious assertion, either for
  appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
     5 (senseid en vegetation detritus on farm field) (lb en chiefly
  Southern United States 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.
     6 (senseid en low-grade tobacco) (lb en agriculture uncountable)
  loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than
  the principal grades.
     7 (senseid en low-class people, derogatorily) (lb en chiefly North
  American) (lb en slang derogatory) People of low social status or class.
  (qualifier: See, for example, ''white trash'' or ''Eurotrash''.)
     8 (senseid en in fandom) (senseid en in fandom) (lb en chiefly North
  American) (lb en fandom humorous uncountable) A fan who is excessively
  obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
     9 (senseid en temporary storage on disk for deleted files) (lb en
  computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has
  deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
     vb.
     (lb en US) To discard.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Italian a.
     of an unrefined or vulgar taste; #Adjective
     Italian n.
     art movement that emphasizes what is ugly, grotesque, or vulgar;
  #Noun
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm trasch)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Trash
     German n.
     m unsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking product, most often a
  cultural product such as a film; trash

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm trasch)
     n.
     1 (senseid en rubbish, literally) (lb en chiefly North American)
  useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
     2 (senseid en rubbish bin, literally) (lb en chiefly North American
  metonym) A container into which things are discarded.
     3 (senseid en rubbish, figuratively) (lb en chiefly North American
  figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
     4 (senseid en dubious assertion) A dubious assertion, either for
  appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
     5 (senseid en vegetation detritus on farm field) (lb en chiefly
  Southern United States 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.
     6 (senseid en low-grade tobacco) (lb en agriculture uncountable)
  loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than
  the principal grades.
     7 (senseid en low-class people, derogatorily) (lb en chiefly North
  American) (lb en slang derogatory) People of low social status or class.
  (qualifier: See, for example, ''white trash'' or ''Eurotrash''.)
     8 (senseid en in fandom) (senseid en in fandom) (lb en chiefly North
  American) (lb en fandom humorous uncountable) A fan who is excessively
  obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
     9 (senseid en temporary storage on disk for deleted files) (lb en
  computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has
  deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
     vb.
     (lb en US) To discard.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Trash
     German n.
     m unsophisticated, cheap, or cheap-looking product, most often a
  cultural product such as a film; trash

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Englanti n.
     1 roska (mkuv)
     2 (yhteys myös tietotekniikka k=en) roskakori
     3 (yhteys slangia halventava k=en) roskaväki
     4 (yhteys metsästys k=en) koiran jahtipanta
     Englanti vb.
     1 (yhteys amerikanenglantia k=en) roskata, sotkea
     2 kerätä roskia, siivota
     3 (yhteys amerikanenglantia k=en) heittää pois, hylätä
     4 (yhteys amerikanenglantia k=en) väheksyä, halveksia
     5 halventaa, nöyryyttää, alentaa
     6 (yhteys amerikanenglantia urheilu k=en) voittaa ylivoimaisesti,
  murskata
     7 hidastaa, estää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trash
     Engelska n.
     (tagg amerikansk engelska språk=en) skräp

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Trash /tɾˈaʃ/ 
  fiber bagasse  [fine] , trash 
           Note: sugar production
     Synonyms: Faserstoff, Ampas

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Trash /tɹˈaʃ/
  النفايات

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  trash //tɹæʃ// 
  1. [[ко́шче]] за [[боклу́к]]
  container
  2. боклу́к
  something of poor quality
  3. боклу́к, отпа́дъци
  things to be discarded

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  trash //tɹæʃ// 
  1. изхвърлям
  to discard
  2. разхвърлям
  to make into a mess