dregs

dregs [drɛgz]

pl n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (Cookery) solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee

2. residue or remains

3. Brit slang a despicable person

[C14 dreg, from Old Norse dregg; compare Icelandic dreggjar dregs, Latin fracēs oil dregs]

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Dregs refuse; rubbish; lowest form of human life; anything thrown away—Johnson, 1755.

Examples: dregs of conscience, 1597; of disease, 1639; of noble doctrines, 1531; of fanatics, 1761; of the measles, 1824; of nature, 1675; of ancient night, 1719; of oil, 1440; of the population, 1867; of refuse, 1531; of Romish superstition, 1789; of tar, 1752; of time, 1685; of wine, 1870; of the world, 1546.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dregs - sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid settlings plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one grounds - dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds" sediment, deposit - matter that has been deposited by some natural process

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dregs

plural noun

1. sediment, grounds, lees, waste, deposit, trash, residue, scum, dross, residuum, scourings, draff He drained the dregs from his cup.

2. scum, outcasts, rabble, down-and-outs, good-for-nothings, riffraff, canaille (French), ragtag and bobtail the dregs of society

Translations

dregs [dregz] NPL

1. [of tea, coffee etc] → posos mpl, heces fpl
to drain a glass to the dregs → apurar un vaso(hasta las heces)

2. (fig) the dregs of society → la escoria de la sociedad

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dregs [ˈdrɛgz] npl [liquid] → lie f
the dregs of (fig) (= worst part) → la lie de

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dregs

pl

→ (Boden)satz m; to drink the dregs of something → etw bis auf den letzten Tropfen austrinken

(fig) → Abschaum m; the dregs of society → der Abschaum der Gesellschaft

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dregs [drɛgz] npl (also) (fig) → feccia fsg

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dregs [drɛgz] npl (also) (fig) → feccia fsg

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dregs

n pl dregs [dregz]

1 the solid matter which is left at the bottom of a container when the liquid is all used up the dregs of the wine. moer رواسِب، ثُفْل، ثمالَه утайка sedlina bundfald der Bodensatz κατακάθι heces, poso sagu ته نشست؛ لرد sakka lie מִשקָע तलछट talog, drozga üledék endapan dreggjar, botnfall feccia かす 찌꺼기, 앙금 nuosėdos, padugnės biezumi; nosēdumi keladak bezinksel bunnfall, grums osad, fusy borra drojdie осадок usadenina usedlina talog bottensats ตะกอน tortu, telve, posa 殘渣 осад, гуща تلچھٹ cặn 残渣

2 anything worthless the dregs of society. uitvaagsel حُثالَه отпадък spodina udskud; bundfald der Abschaum απόβρασμα escoria põhjakiht بخش بی ارزش sakka rebut חֶלאָה बेकार हिस्सा ostaci, izmet söpredék sampah sori, úrhrak feccia くず 하찮은 것, 쓰레기 padugnės padibenes; atkritumi tidak berguna uitschot utskudd, berme szumowina escória droj­die подонки spodina izmeček šljam drägg, avskum สิ่งไร้ค่า ayak takımı, süprüntü, döküntü 廢物 покидьки بے کار شے cặn bã 废物