træʃ n. & v. --n. 1
esp. US
worthless or
waste stuff;
rubbish, refuse. 2 a worthless
person or persons. 3 a
thing of
poor workmanship or
material. 4 (in full cane-trash) W.Ind.
the refuse of crushed
sugar canes
and dried stripped
leaves and tops of sugar
cane used as
fuel. --v.tr. 1 esp. US colloq.
wreck. 2 strip (sugar canes) of
their outer leaves to
speed up the ripening process. 3 esp. US colloq.
expose the worthless
nature of;
disparage. øtrash can US a
dustbin. trash-ice (on a
sea, lake, etc.)
broken ice mixed with water. [16th
c.: orig. unkn.]