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# trash

noun (trash — uncountable); verb (trash, trashes, trashed, trashing)

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

## Everyday

1. Trash is rubbish, things you throw away (US, Canada). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m1)
2. Trash is also something of very poor quality: that film is trash (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m2)
3. To trash something is to damage it badly or make a big mess of it (slang). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m3)
4. To trash someone or something is to criticise it harshly (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m4)
5. (rude) Calling people «trash» is an insult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m5)
6. In old country speech, to trash means to beat corn or grain to get the seeds out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#m6)

### In the lessons

In North America children take out the trash and put litter in the trash can; in the UK, Ireland and Australia people say rubbish and bin. In informal speech, «trashed the room» means made a terrible mess. Phrases: take out the trash, trash can, in the trash.

### Examples

- Please take out the trash after dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x1)
- Put the wrapper in the trash can. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x2)
- My little brother trashed my Lego castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x3)
- The party guests trashed the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x4)
- That TV show is total trash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x5)
- The critics trashed the new film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x6)
- Don't call people trash; it's unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x7)
- So off he went, and when he came to the farmer's, master and men were all a-trashing in the barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural (some trash). UK: rubbish, bin; US: trash, garbage, trash can. Calling a person «trash» is a rude insult. Verb forms: trashed, trashing.

## On Mova

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