anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.

foolish or pointless ideas, talk, or writing; nonsense.

a worthless or disreputable person.

such persons collectively.

literary or artistic material of poor or inferior quality.

broken or torn bits, as twigs, splinters, rags, or the like.

something that is broken or lopped off from anything in preparing it for use.

the refuse of sugar cane after the juice has been expressed.

Computers . an icon of a trash can that is used to delete files dragged onto it.

Slang . to destroy, damage, or vandalize, as in anger or protest

The slovenly renters had trashed the house.

to condemn, dismiss, or criticize as worthless

The article trashed several recent best-sellers.

to remove the outer leaves of (a growing sugar cane plant).

to free from superfluous twigs or branches.

noun

assets , possessions , valuables , information , sense

noun

debris , dregs , droppings , dross , excess , filth , fragments , junk , leavings , litter , oddments , odds and ends * , offal , pieces , refuse , residue , rubbish , rubble , rummage , scourings , scrap , scraps , scum * , sediment , shavings , sweepings , [[wastenotes:debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person]] , balderdash , bilge * , drivel , foolish talk , hogwash , inanity , malarkey * , nonsense , rot , tripe , [[twaddlenotes:debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person]] , blather , bunkum , claptrap , garbage , idiocy , piffle , poppycock , rigmarole , tomfoolery , twaddle , dreg , lumpenproletariat , rabble , ragtag and bobtail , riffraff , bilge , crap , dejecta , detritus , dirt , ejecta , malarkey , muck , scum , tramp , trumpery , waste

verb

vandalize