Dregs
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɹɛɡz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dregs is a noun meaning The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
Meaning
The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
More Meanings
- (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
Example Sentences
the dregs of society
I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening.
And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth / Throughout the fluid mass; but downward purged / The black tartareous cold infernal dregs
If at any one time of my life more than another, I was made to drink the bitterest dregs of slavery, that time was during the first six months of my stay with Mr. Covey.
Word Forms
- dreg
Synonyms for dregs
Depending on context, synonyms include debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grounds, remains, shallows, lees, badlands, husks.
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