dregs
11dregs — plural noun 1) the dregs from a bottle of wine Syn: sediment, deposit, residue, accumulation, sludge, lees, grounds, remains; technical residuum 2) the dregs of humanity Syn: scum, refuse, riffraff …
12dregs — UK [dreɡz] / US noun [plural] 1) the small amount of liquid and solid pieces left in the bottom of a container dregs of coffee/tea/wine 2) informal the least important or least valuable part of something, especially of a group of people the dregs …
13dregs — [dregz] noun [plural] 1) the small solid pieces that are left in the bottom of a container of liquid dregs of coffee[/ex] 2) informal the least important or valuable part of something the dregs of society[/ex] …
14dregs — Oka, ko ana, ko ala, ki o, mākū. See ahu awa. Dregs of society, ala uka. To remove dregs from medicinal herbs, paka …
15dregs — noun a) (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine. the dregs of society b) The worst and lowest part of something …
16dregs — Synonyms and related words: alluvion, alluvium, ash, bones, canaille, cattle, chaff, children of darkness, cinder, clinker, culm, deadwood, deposit, deposition, deposits, diluvium, dishwater, draff, dregs of society, dross, dust, ember, feces,… …
17dregs — n. the dregs of society * * * the dregsof society …
18dregs — plural noun 1》 the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment. 2》 the most worthless parts: the dregs of society. Derivatives dreggy adjective Origin ME: prob. of Scand. origin …
19dregs — noun 1 (plural) small pieces that sink to the bottom of wine, coffee etc compare lee (3) 2 the dregs of society/humanity an offensive expression used to describe the people that you consider are the least important or useful …
20dregs — /drɛgz / (say dregz) plural noun 1. sediment of wine or other drink; lees; grounds. 2. any waste or worthless residue. –phrase 3. the dregs (of society), a person or a class of people considered to be low or despicable, especially irretrievably… …
