trash, noun, /træʃ/
1
(American English) things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc SYN rubbish (British English).
a container where people put things that are being thrown away.
Will someone take out the trash (=take it outside the house)?
Just put it in the trash.
Trash [=rubbish] was strewn throughout the yard.
Take out the trash, please.
2
something that is of very poor quality.
something that is very low in quality.
How can you read that trash?
There's nothing but trash [=rubbish] on TV these days.
I can't believe you're reading that trash.
3
(American English, not polite) someone from a low social class who you do not respect because you think they are lazy or immoral.
someone who has very low social status or who is not respected.
trash, verb, /træʃ/
1
to destroy something completely, either deliberately or by using it too much.
to throw away (something). to cause great damage to (something).
The place got trashed last time we had a party.
a computer program that trashes useless files.
The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.
The apartment had been trashed.
He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.
2
(especially American English) to criticize someone or something very severely.
to criticize (someone or something) very harshly.
The researchers are angry that attempts have been made to trash their work.
The critics trashed [=(Brit) rubbished] the new film.
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