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Definition of 'dregs'English
Noun
( en-plural noun)
(collectively ) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
(figuratively|the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
- the dregs of society
Usage notes
* The singular form dreg is far less common, but the phrase to the last dreg still has currency.
Synonyms
( checksense)
* debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence, grounds, grouts, lees, orts, rabble, refuse, residue, residuum, riffraff, rubbish, scum, sediment, settling, trash, loser, outcast
Similar to 'dregs'dress, duress, dehors, dross, dors, doors, draws, dares, drugs, drays, dargs, drees, dorks, derros, dirks, drags, dries, dears, doers, dories, deres, dowers, doores, dyers, duars, douars, deers, deros, deeres, dauers, dreys, dewars, droogs, darks, derris, dryas, darics, durous, darrs, drocks, dorees, dayers, diers, dorrs
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