trash

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”). Compare Norwegian trask (“lumber, trash, baggage”), Swedish trasa (“rag, cloth, worthless fellow”), Swedish trås (“dry fallen twigs, wood-waste”). Compare also Old English þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: trăsh, IPA(key): /tɹæʃ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun[edit]

trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US, metonymically) A container into which things are discarded.
    Synonyms: trashcan, trash can, trashbin, trash bin, garbage can, rubbish bin, bin
    Coordinate terms: recycle bin, recycling bin, recycling
  3. (chiefly Canada, US, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
    When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
  4. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
    Synonyms: garbage, rubbish (chiefly British)
  5. (chiefly Southern United States, agriculture) The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, as well as any weeds mixed therewith, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
    Coordinate terms: straw, stover, shaw
  7. (agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
    Synonym: scrap
  8. (chiefly Canada, US) (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
  10. (chiefly Canada, US) (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
    I am Harry Potter trash.
    Hyponym: stan
  11. (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
    Synonym: (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin

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Verb[edit]

trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)

  1. (US) To discard.
    • 1989 December 18, InfoWorld, page 66:
      Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
  2. (US) To make into a mess.
    The burglars trashed the house.
  3. (US) To beat soundly in a game.
  4. (US) To disrespect someone or something
  5. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
    to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
    • 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies:
      the ancient practice of trashing ratoons i.e. stripping them of their outward leaves
  6. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
  7. 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.

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See also[edit]

recycle bin

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See Albanian trashë (“thick, fat, massive”) (from Proto-Albanian *trauša, according to Vladimir Orel).[1]

Verb[edit]

  • (active) trash (first-person singular past tense trasha, participle trashur)
  1. (transitive) I thicken, I fatten, I plump up (something)
    Synonym: majm
  2. (figurative) I magnify, inflate (an object)
    Synonyms: zmadhoj, lartësoj, fryj
    I exaggerate (a story)
    Synonyms: ekzagjeroj, teproj
    I strengthen, deepen (a friendship, relationship, conversation)
    Synonyms: forcoj, thelloj
  • (passive) tráshem (first-person singular past tense u trasha, participle trashur)
  1. (passive, reflexive) I gain weight, I become thick, fat
  2. (passive, 3rd person) is/are getting lower, deeper (voice, sound, volume)
  3. (passive, 3rd pers.) is/are getting worse (problem(s), disagreement(s), quarrel(s))
  4. (passive, 3rd pers.) becomes more frequent, denser, thicker; thickens (a larger scale of particles)
    Synonym: dendësoj
    U trash bora.
    The snow thickens.
  5. (passive, figurative, 3rd pers.) is/are getting tired; lose(s) (strength, ability or sharpness)
  6. (passive, figurative, 3rd pers.) is/are stubborn, headstrong, pigheaded, foolish, stupid, bigheaded, arrogant (when associated with a person's intelligence or behaviour)

Conjugation[edit]

Standard Albanian conjugation of trash (active voice)

  • Show compound tenses:  

participle trashur
gerund duke trashur
infinitive për të trashur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present trash trash trash trashim trashni trashin
imperfect trashja trashje trashte trashnim trashnit trashnin
aorist trasha trashe trashi trashëm trashët trashën
perfect kam trashur ke trashur ka trashur kemi trashur keni trashur kanë trashur
past perfect kisha trashur kishe trashur kishte trashur kishim trashur kishit trashur kishin trashur
aorist II pata trashur pate trashur pati trashur patëm trashur patët trashur patën trashur
future1 do të trash do të trashësh do të trashë do të trashim do të trashni do të trashin
future perfect2 do të kem trashur do të kesh trashur do të ketë trashur do të kemi trashur do të keni trashur do të kenë trashur
subjunctive present të trash të trashësh të trashë të trashim të trashni të trashin
imperfect të trashja të trashje të trashte të trashnim të trashnit të trashnin
perfect të kem trashur të kesh trashur të ketë trashur të kemi trashur të keni trashur të kenë trashur
past perfect të kisha trashur të kishe trashur të kishte trashur të kishim trashur të kishit trashur të kishin trashur
conditional1, 2 imperfect do të trashja do të trashje do të trashte do të trashnim do të trashnit do të trashnin
past perfect do të kisha trashur do të kishe trashur do të kishte trashur do të kishim trashur do të kishit trashur do të kishin trashur
optative present trashsha trashsh trashtë trashshim trashshit trashshin
perfect paça trashur paç trashur pastë trashur paçim trashur paçit trashur paçin trashur
admirative present trashkam trashke trashka trashkemi trashkeni trashkan
imperfect trashkësha trashkëshe trashkësh trashkëshim trashkëshit trashkëshin
perfect paskam trashur paske trashur paska trashur paskemi trashur paskeni trashur paskan trashur
past perfect paskësha trashur paskëshe trashur paskësh trashur paskëshim trashur paskëshit trashur paskëshin trashur
imperative present — trash — — trashni —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

(conjugation type 14²)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 462 (> trashë)

Further reading[edit]

  • [1] active verb trash (aorist trasha; participle trashur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [2] passive verb trashem (tráshem) (aorist u trasha; participle trashur) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 576 (verb trash (14²))

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English trash.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

trash (invariable)

  1. of an unrefined or vulgar taste; trash

Noun[edit]

trash m (invariable)

  1. art movement that emphasizes what is ugly, grotesque, or vulgar; trash
    • 2020 September 25, Massimo Basile, “No Vax, cospirazionisti e antisemiti: "l'altra America" si ritrova alla festa trash nel resort di Trump [No Vax, conspiracy theorists and antisemites: "the other America" finds itself in the trash party in the Trump Resort]”, in la Repubblica‎[3]:
      Dai no-wax[sic] ai cospirazionisti, dai no-mask agli antisemiti, tra feste in piscina, sugli yacht, musica e partite di poker, si ritroveranno tutti tra due settimane in un resort trumpiano di Miami per la tre giorni di quella che, i media americani, definiscono una "vera celebrazione del trash" in un momento in cui l'America è devastata dalla pandemia.
      From the no-vaxxers to the conspiracy theorists, from the no-maskers to the antisemites, between parties in the pool, on yachts, music and poker games, everyone will find themselves in a Trumpian resort in Miami in two weeks for three days of what the American media calls a "real celebration of trash" in a moment in which America is devastated by the pandemic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ trash in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

trash

  1. Alternative form of trasch
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