dreg

(drĕg)
n.

1. The sediment in a liquid; lees. Often used in the plural.
2. The basest or least desirable portion. Often used in the plural: the dregs of humanity.
3. A small amount; a residue.

[Middle English dreg, from Old Norse dregg.]

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noun

1. Matter that settles on a bottom or collects on a surface by a natural process. deposit, lees, precipitate, precipitation, sediment. See leftover.
2. A group of persons regarded as the lowest class. lumpenproletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, trash. Slang scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See over/under, rich/poor.

IN BRIEF: Sediment that settles out in liquid.

It was her job to climb into the wine vat and scoop out the dregs.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bundfald, grums, bærme, udskud, slat, rest

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) lie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Auswurf, Bodensatz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - ίζημα (κν. κατακάθι, μούργα, ντελβές), αποβράσματα

Italiano (Italian)
feccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - borra (f)

Русский (Russian)
отбросы, гуща, осадок

Español (Spanish)
n. - la hez de la sociedad, heces, pozo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - bildl. drägg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
残滓, 糟粕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 殘滓, 糟粕

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 앙금, 소량

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かす, おり, くず

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פסולת, משקע‬

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