dregs

«dregs» in Mova's school dictionary: the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dregs, plural only)

meaning for a pupil

1) the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink tree →

2) the lowest or worst part of something tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories the bitter bottom of a cup, or the last drop of a drink

examples

• Drink the juice but leave the dregs. tree →
• He drained the cup right down to the dregs. tree →
• Only the dregs of the wine were left in the bottle. tree →

note

nothing for maths; the dregs are not counted as a full measure

Trees and pragmatics

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