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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 þreahs, þreax (“rottenness, rubbish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trash (countable and uncountable, plural trashes)
- (chiefly Canada, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- 1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Robert Southey and Porson”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 719445219:
- A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A container into which things are discarded.
- (chiefly Canada, US) Something worthless or of poor quality.
- (chiefly Canada, US) (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- (chiefly Canada, US) (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- I am Harry Potter trash.
- (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
Synonyms[edit]
- garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
- (container): trash can
- (storage for deleted files): recycle bin
- See also Thesaurus:trash
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
things to be discarded
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container
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something of poor quality
people of low social status or class
computer terminology
Verb[edit]
trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)
- (US) To discard.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
- 1989, InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
- (US) To make into a mess.
- The burglars trashed the house.
- (US) To beat soundly in a game.
- (US) To disrespect someone or something
- 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
- It is a British tradition for the media to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding by trashing the incoming in-laws, from Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer, to Kate Middleton’s Uncle Gary and his memorably named Ibizan villa, Maison de Bang Bang.
- 20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
- (Can we find and add a quotation of B. Edwards to this entry?)
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
- 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.
- c. 1613 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- I fled too; But not so fast , —your jewel had been lost then, Young Hengo there; he trashed ' me
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:junk
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to discard
to beat soundly
to free from trash, or worthless matter
to treat as trash
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to hold back by a trash or leash
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Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See Albanian trashë (“thick, fat, massive”) (from Proto-Albanian *trauša, according to Vladimir Orel).[1]
Verb[edit]
- (transitive) I thicken, I fatten, I plump up (something)
- Synonym: majm
- (figuratively) I magnify, inflate (an object)
- I exaggerate (a sotry)
- Synonyms: ekzagjeroj, teproj
- I strengthen, deepen (a friendship, relationship, conversation)
- (passive, reflexive) I gain weight, I become thick, fat
- (passive, 3rd person) is/are getting lower, deeper (voice, sound, volume)
- (passive, 3rd pers.) is/are getting worse (problem(s), disagreement(s), quarrel(s))
- (passive, 3rd pers.) becomes more frequent, denser, thicker; thickens (a larger scale of particles)
- Synonym: dendësoj
- U trash bora.
- The snow thickens.
- (passive, figuratively, 3rd pers.) is/are getting tired; lose(s) (strength, ability or sharpness)
- (passive, figuratively, 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)
participle (pjesore) |
trashur | ||||||
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gerund (përcjellore) |
duke trashur | ||||||
infinitive (paskajore) |
për të trashur | ||||||
singular (njëjës) |
plural (shumës) | ||||||
1st pers. (veta e 1rë) |
2nd pers. (veta e 2të) |
3rd pers. (veta e 3të) |
1st pers. (veta e 1rë) |
2nd pers. (veta e 2të) |
3rd pers. (veta e 3të) | ||
indicative (dëftore) |
unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
present (e tashme) |
trash | trash | trash | trashim | trashni | trashin | |
imperfect (e pakryer) |
trashja | trashje | trashte | trashnim | trashnit | trashnin | |
aorist (simple past) (e kryer e thjeshtë) |
trasha | trashe | trashi | trashëm | trashët | trashën | |
perfect (e kryer) |
kam trashur | ke trashur | ka trashur | kemi trashur | keni trashur | kanë trashur | |
past perfect (më se e kryer) |
kisha trashur | kishe trashur | kishte trashur | kishim trashur | kishit trashur | kishin trashur | |
aorist II (past perfect II) (e kryer e tejshkuar) |
pata trashur | pate trashur | pati trashur | patëm trashur | patët trashur | patën trashur | |
future¹ (e ardhme) |
do të trash | do të trashësh | do të trashë | do të trashim | do të trashni | do të trashin | |
future perfect² (e ardhme e përparme) |
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 (lidhore) |
unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
present (e tashme) |
të trash | të trashësh | të trashë | të trashim | të trashni | të trashin | |
imperfect (e pakryer) |
të trashja | të trashje | të trashte | të trashnim | të trashnit | të trashnin | |
perfect (e kryer) |
të kem trashur | të kesh trashur | të ketë trashur | të kemi trashur | të keni trashur | të kenë trashur | |
past perfect (më se e kryer) |
të kisha trashur | të kishe trashur | të kishte trashur | të kishim trashur | të kishit trashur | të kishin trashur | |
conditional¹, ² (kushtore) |
unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
imperfect (e pakryer) |
do të trashja | do të trashje | do të trashte | do të trashnim | do të trashnit | do të trashnin | |
past perfect (më se e kryer) |
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 (dëshirore) |
unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
present (e tashme) |
trashsha | trashsh | trashtë | trashshim | trashshit | trashshin | |
perfect (e kryer) |
paça trashur | paç trashur | pastë trashur | paçim trashur | paçit trashur | paçin trashur | |
admirative (habitore) |
unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
present (e tashme) |
trashkam | trashke | trashka | trashkemi | trashkeni | trashkan | |
imperfect (pakryer) |
trashkësha | trashkëshe | trashkësh | trashkëshim | trashkëshit | trashkëshin | |
perfect (e kryer) |
paskam trashur | paske trashur | paska trashur | paskemi trashur | paskeni trashur | paskan trashur | |
past perfect (më se e kryer) |
paskësha trashur | paskëshe trashur | paskësh trashur | paskëshim trashur | paskëshit trashur | paskëshin trashur | |
imperative (urdhërore) |
— | ti | — | — | ju | — | |
present (e tashme) |
— | trash | — | — | trashni | — | |
¹) indicative future identical with conditional present ²) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect |
(conjugation type 14²)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- trashaluq m
- trashaluqe f
- trashaluqi m
- trashamak m
- trashamake f
- trashaman m
- trashamane f
- trashanik m
- trashanike f
- trasha f
- trashë f
- trashëgim m
- trashëgimi m
- trashëgimor m
- trashëgimore f
- trashëgimtar m
- trashëgimtare f
- trashëgimtari m
- trashëgimtarja f
- trashëgohem (passive)
- trashëgoj (active)
- trashëguar
- trashëgueshëm m
- trashëgueshme f
- trashësi f
- trashësia f
- trashim m
- trashimi m
- trashtina f
- trashtinë f
- trashuk m
- trashuke f
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))
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) , “trash”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 462 (> trashë)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
trash (invariable)
Noun[edit]
trash m (invariable)
- 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.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
trash
- Alternative form of trasch
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