dregs
pronunciation
How to pronounce dregs in British English:
UK [dregz]
How to pronounce dregs in American English:
US [dreɡz]
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- Noun:
- sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
Word Origin
- dregs (n.)
- c. 1300 (implied in surname Dryngedregges), from Old Norse dregg "sediment," from Proto-Germanic *drag- (cognates: Old High German trestir, German Trester "grapeskins, husks"), from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy." Replaced Old English cognate dræst, dærst "dregs, lees." Figurative use is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. He blended together an ever-changing combination of dregs , like leftovers from cheese production , the fibrous remains of apples that had been pressed for cider , and whatever surplus fruit he could acquire from italy .
- 2. Intel 's westmere cpus may be hanging around with the dregs of processor society at the moment , chucking their chips in with the integrated graphics crowd , but they 're about to grow up and fast .
- 3. Generally speaking , the aggregate is included in some solid wastes , such as waste steel bars , waste iron wires , various waste steel accessories , metal pipeline wastes , waste wood , saw dust and shavings , mud , dregs and so on .