slate vs trash

slate

verb
  • To set a dog upon (a person). 

  • To cover with slate. 

  • To schedule. 

  • To criticise harshly. 

  • To anticipate or strongly expect. 

  • To nominate, appoint, or designate. 

noun
  • An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes. 

  • A list of affiliated candidates for an election. 

  • A record of money owed. 

  • A tablet computer. 

  • A thin plate of any material; a flake. 

  • A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers. 

  • The bluish-grey colour of most slate. 

  • A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools. 

  • A roofing-tile made of slate. 

adj
  • Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate. 

trash

verb
  • To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. 

  • To disrespect someone or something 

  • To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop. 

  • To make into a mess. 

  • To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. 

  • To discard. 

  • To beat soundly in a game. 

noun
  • A container into which things are discarded. 

  • Something worthless or of poor quality. 

  • (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks. 

  • The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, as well as any weeds mixed therewith, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning. 

  • A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful. 

  • Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. 

  • (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.) 

  • Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary. 

  • Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades. 

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