6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trash  \Trash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trashing}.] 
  1.  To  free  from  trash,  or  worthless  matter;  hence  to  lop;  to 
  crop,  as  to  trash  the  rattoons  of  sugar  cane.  --B. 
  Edwards. 
 
  2.  To  treat  as  trash,  or  worthless  matter;  hence  to  spurn, 
  humiliate,  or  crush.  [Obs.] 
 
  3.  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.  [R.]  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trash  \Trash\,  v.  i. 
  To  follow  with  violence  and  trampling.  [R.]  --The  Puritan 
  (1607). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trash  \Trash\,  n.  [Cf.  Icel.  tros  rubbish,  leaves,  and  twigs 
  picked  up  for  fuel,  trassi  a  slovenly  fellow,  Sw  trasa  a 
  rag,  tatter.] 
  1.  That  which  is  worthless  or  useless;  rubbish;  refuse. 
 
  Who  steals  my  purse  steals  trash.  --Shak. 
 
  A  haunch  of  venison  would  be  trash  to  a  Brahmin. 
  --Landor. 
 
  2.  Especially,  loppings  and  leaves  of  trees,  bruised  sugar 
  cane,  or  the  like 
 
  Note:  In  the  West  Indies,  the  decayed  leaves  and  stems  of 
  canes  are  called  field  trash;  the  bruised  or  macerated 
  rind  of  canes  is  called  cane  trash;  and  both  are  called 
  trash.  --B.  Edwards. 
 
  3.  A  worthless  person.  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  4.  A  collar,  leash,  or  halter  used  to  restrain  a  dog  in 
  pursuing  game.  --Markham. 
 
  {Trash  ice},  crumbled  ice  mixed  with  water. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trash 
  n  1:  worthless  material  that  is  discarded  [syn:  {rubbish}] 
  2:  worthless  people  [syn:  {scum}] 
  3:  nonsensical  talk  or  writing  [syn:  {folderol},  {rubbish},  {tripe}, 
  {trumpery},  {wish-wash},  {applesauce}] 
  v  1:  dispose  of  "trash  these  old  chairs;";  "junk  an  old  car" 
  [syn:  {junk},  {scrap}] 
  2:  express  a  totally  negative  opinion  of  "The  critics  panned 
  the  performance"  [syn:  {pan},  {tear  apart}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  trash  vt  To  destroy  the  contents  of  (said  of  a  data 
  structure).  The  most  common  of  the  family  of  near-synonyms  including 
  {mung},  {mangle},  and  {scribble}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  trash 
 
  To  destroy,  e.g.  the  contents  of  a  data  structure.  The  most 
  common  of  the  family  of  near-synonyms  including  {mung}, 
  {mangle},  and  {scribble}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-11-03) 
 
 

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