Concept cluster: Actions > Waste or trash
n
Rubbish; miscellaneous items.
n
A vulgar, decaying, or ruined place.
v
(transitive, Britain, informal) To make a mess of something.
n
Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
v
(informal, vulgar) Alternative form of call a spade a shovel [To put it more than bluntly; to express a truth forcefully; to use exaggerated language to make a statement of fact.]
n
(slang, derogatory) Food that is high in carbohydrates.
n
(figuratively) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
n
Unwanted stuff; junk; clutter; rubbish; stuff that is in the way.
n
(informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.
v
(obsolete) To curdle.
n
(computing, slang) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time.
n
Any refuse material.
n
Rubbish; debris; refuse.
n
(obsolete) A garbage man.
n
Waste or impure matter.
n
Obsolete form of dirt. [(chiefly US) Soil or earth.]
v
(transitive) To bog down.
n
(idiomatic, informal) Anything superfluous or unnecessary.
n
(figuratively) People considered to be of little worth.
n
(obsolete) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
n
(derogatory, slang) The city of Garden Grove, California, used in reference to the high poverty rates in the city.
n
Archaic spelling of garbage. [Food waste material of any kind.]
n
(countable, Australia, informal) A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
n
(slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit.
v
(uncommon, informal) To cover or smear with grime or mud.
n
(UK, US, informal) A worthless or malfunctioning piece of mechanical or electrical equipment.
n
A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
n
(colloquial) useless items; junk; clutter
n
Alternative spelling of cruft [(slang) Anything old or of inferior quality.]
adj
Covered or encumbered with litter.
v
To manure with muck.
n
(informal) Gruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
n
(UK, slang, obsolete) A student of agriculture.
n
(UK) A cheap fuel consisting of slack (coal dust) and small lumps of coal (nuts); unlike other solid fuel it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
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(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
n
(uncountable, dated) Rubbish, trash; specifically (Britain, dialectal) refuse from plants.
n
(derogatory) A bad person or thing; an object of poor quality.
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(obsolete) Refuse matter.
n
Waste matter or dross.
n
Sweepings; refuse.
n
Obsolete form of rubbish. [(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.]
adj
Strewn with litter.
n
Refuse; rubbish.
v
(obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
n
Thin excrement.
n
Rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.
v
Obsolete form of scum (“remove surface impurities”). [To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).]
n
(publishing) Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile.
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(publishing) The set of unsolicited manuscripts sent to a publisher.
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(colloquial, publishing) A collection of rejected or unsolicited manuscripts.
n
(idiomatic) Meagre remnants of anything.
adj
having or generating a lot of trash
n
(South Africa, slang) filth, trash
n
Excrement or urine.

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