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English

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Etymology

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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”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz (“dirt”). Pokorny instead derives it from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).[1]

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

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

Noun

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trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)

  2. (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  4. (chiefly Canada, US, metonymic) 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
  6. (chiefly Canada, US, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
    When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
  8. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
    Synonyms: garbage, rubbish (chiefly British)
  10. (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.
    Coordinate terms: straw, stover, shaw
  12. (agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
    Synonym: scrap
  14. (chiefly Canada, US, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
  16. (chiefly Canada, US, fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
    Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan
    I am Harry Potter trash.
  18. (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
    Drag the unwanted message to the trash.

Usage notes

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  • (garbage, rubbish): The noun is uncountable in Inner Circle Englishes. The plural trashes is found for example in Indian English.

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Verb

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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. (transitive) To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect.
  5. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
    Synonym: detrash
    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 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

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recycle bin

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “214-217”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 214-217

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Verb

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trash (aorist trasha, participle trashur)

  1. (transitive) to thicken, to fatten, to plump up (something)
    Synonym: majm
  2. (figurative) to magnify, inflate (an object)
    Synonyms: zmadhoj, lartësoj, fryj
    to exaggerate (a story)
    Synonyms: ekzagjeroj, teproj
    to strengthen, deepen (a friendship, relationship, conversation)
    Synonyms: forcoj, thelloj

Conjugation

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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 trashtrash 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 trashshi 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

Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • “trash”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English trash.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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trash (invariable)

  1. of an unrefined or vulgar taste; trash

Noun

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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[2]:
      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

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

Middle English

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Noun

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trash

  1. Alternative form of trasch
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