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# dregs

noun (dregs, plural only)

«dregs» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/#m1)
2. the lowest or worst part of something [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories the bitter bottom of a cup, or the last drop of a drink

### Examples

- Drink the juice but leave the dregs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/#x1)
- He drained the cup right down to the dregs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/#x2)
- Only the dregs of the wine were left in the bottle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; the dregs are not counted as a full measure

## In Jewish tradition

God holds a cup of wine, and the wicked must drink even the dregs, a picture of final punishment.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read the cup as God's judgment on evil, while the righteous are spared.

### Examples

- For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them. (Writings PSA.75.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dregs/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; the dregs are not counted as a full measure

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dregs» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dregs/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dregs» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dregs.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dregs» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dregs/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dregs» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dregs.html) on Mova free.