Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trash \Trash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Trashing}.]
   1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to
      crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. --B.
      Edwards.

   2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
      humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]

   3. 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. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

Trash \Trash\, v. i.
   To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
   (1607).

Trash \Trash\, n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs
   picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a
   rag, tatter.]
   1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

            Who steals my purse steals trash.     --Shak.

            A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
                                                  --Landor.

   2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
      cane, or the like.

   Note: In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of
         canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated
         rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called
         trash. --B. Edwards.

   3. A worthless person. [R.] --Shak.

   4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
      pursuing game. --Markham.

   {Trash ice}, crumbled ice mixed with water.

Source : WordNet®

trash
     n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: {rubbish},
           {scrap}]
     2: worthless people [syn: {scum}]
     3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: {folderol}, {rubbish}, {tripe},
         {trumpery}, {wish-wash}, {applesauce}, {codswallop}]
     4: amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;
        used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an
        appetite suppressant [syn: {methamphetamine}, {methamphetamine
        hydrochloride}, {Methedrine}, {meth}, {deoxyephedrine}, {chalk},
         {chicken feed}, {crank}, {glass}, {ice}, {shabu}]

trash
     v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
          chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
          [syn: {junk}, {scrap}]
     2: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
        the performance" [syn: {pan}, {tear apart}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

trash
     
        To destroy, e.g. the contents of a data structure.  The most
        common of the family of near-synonyms including {mung},
        {mangle}, and {scribble}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-03)