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