English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dregs.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɡz|-�ɡz

Noun
dregs plural (the singular form dreg is far less common, the phrase to the last dreg still has currency)

1. (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid.
2. (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

#: the dregs of society

Synonyms
lees

Translations
trans-top|settled sediment
French: lie f
German: Bodensatz m
Icelandic: dreggjar m|p, botnfall n
Italian: sedimento
trans-mid
Spanish: poso m, concho f, hez f
Swedish: bottensats c
trans-bottom

trans-top|the worst and lowest
French: lie f
German: Abschaum m, Dreck m
Icelandic: sori m, úrhrak n
trans-mid
Spanish: escoria f, mugre f, hez f
Swedish: bottenskrap n, drägg (about people, deragatory) n
trans-bottom

;to be checked
ttbc|Italian: feccia, posatura

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