rubbish

«rubbish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: things you throw away because they are no longer wanted… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (rubbish, uncountable); adjective (informal, British); verb (rubbish — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rubbish is things you throw away because they are no longer wanted or useful. tree →

2) Rubbish means nonsense, something silly or untrue. tree →

3) Rubbish (informal, British) means very bad, as in "I'm rubbish at drawing". tree →

4) To rubbish an idea is to say it is worthless. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Nehemiah it is the heaps of ruined stone that the builders must clear to rebuild Jerusalem's wall. Interpretation: The rebuilding of the wall is remembered as a sign of hope and hard work after the exile. In the primary lessons: In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, rubbish is the usual word; in the USA it is "trash" or "garbage". In lessons on the environment, sort rubbish for recycling, compost food waste, and never drop it as litter. Phrases: rubbish bin, take out the rubbish, talk rubbish, rubbish tip, a load of rubbish.

examples

• And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.' (Writings NEH.4.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Put the rubbish in the bin. tree →
• Can you take the rubbish out, please? tree →
• We sort our rubbish for recycling. tree →
• Don't talk rubbish! tree →
• That film was rubbish. tree →
• I'm rubbish at skipping, but I'm getting better. tree →
• The beach was covered in rubbish after the storm. tree →
• But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. tree →

note

Uncountable: some rubbish, a lot of rubbish, not "a rubbish" or "rubbishes". American words: trash, garbage. Calling someone's work "rubbish" is rude; choose kinder words.

In the corpora

• Neighbours sometimes disagree about hedges, fences, noise or rubbish, and most disputes are solved by a friendly chat.
• Some storks from Spain and Portugal now stay all winter and eat at rubbish dumps instead of flying to Africa.
• "Sanitation engineer" is a joking or puffed-up name for a rubbish or garbage collector (US).
• Food, rubbish and even toothpaste must be stored away from bears at a campsite.
• Batteries should be recycled at a battery bin, because in ordinary rubbish they can leak poison and start fires in bin lorries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rubbish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.