dregs

dregs

Noun, pl

1. solid particles that settle at the bottom of some liquids

2. the dregs the worst or most despised elements: the dregs of colonial society [Old Norse dregg]

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

Translations

dregs [drɛgz] npl → heces fpl

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dregs [drɛgz] npl → lie f

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dregs [drɛgz] npl → Bodensatz m;

(of humanity) → Abschaum m

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dregs [drɛgz] npl → feccia

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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 pohjasakka lie מִשקָע तलछट talog, drozga üledék endapan dreggjar, botnfall feccia かす (액체를 따라낸 그릇에 남는) 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 pohjasakka rebut חֶלאָה बेकार हिस्सा ostaci, izmet söpredék sampah sori, úrhrak feccia くず 불필요한 존재 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