| dregs | | |
| n. (object) | 1. dregs, settlings | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ grounds | dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue.; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds" |
| ~ sediment, deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process. |
| food waste | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| sediment | | |
| n. (object) | 1. deposit, sediment | matter that has been deposited by some natural process. |
| ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. |
| ~ dregs, settlings | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid. |
| ~ lees | the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage. |
| ~ lick, salt lick | a salt deposit that animals regularly lick. |
| ~ evaporite | the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater. |
| v. (motion) | 2. sediment | deposit as a sediment. |
| ~ posit, situate, deposit, fix | put (something somewhere) firmly.; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" |
| ~ sediment | settle as sediment. |
| v. (motion) | 3. sediment | settle as sediment. |
| ~ settle, settle down | settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.; "dust settled on the roofs" |
| ~ sediment | deposit as a sediment. |
| fodder | | |
| n. (person) | 1. cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish | soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ soldier | an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army.; "the soldiers stood at attention" |
| n. (food) | 2. fodder | coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop. |
| ~ feed, provender | food for domestic livestock. |
| ~ eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture, grass | bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. |
| ~ alfalfa | leguminous plant grown for hay or forage. |
| ~ horse bean, broad bean | a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder. |
| ~ hay | grass mowed and cured for use as fodder. |
| ~ stover | the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested. |
| v. (consumption) | 3. fodder | give fodder (to domesticated animals). |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| slop | | |
| n. (food) | 1. pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill | wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. |
| ~ feed, provender | food for domestic livestock. |
| n. (substance) | 2. mire, slop | deep soft mud in water or slush.; "they waded through the slop" |
| ~ mud, clay | water soaked soil; soft wet earth. |
| n. (substance) | 3. slop | (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand.; "she carried out the sink slops" |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| n. (food) | 4. slop | (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink.; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided" |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| n. (communication) | 5. glop, mush, slop, treacle | writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental. |
| ~ sentimentalism | the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form. |
| v. (contact) | 6. slop, spill, splatter | cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container.; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" |
| ~ disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| v. (motion) | 7. slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish | walk through mud or mire.; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" |
| ~ footslog, plod, trudge, pad, slog, tramp | walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" |
| v. (contact) | 8. slop | ladle clumsily.; "slop the food onto the plate" |
| ~ lade, laden, ladle | remove with or as if with a ladle.; "ladle the water out of the bowl" |
| v. (consumption) | 9. slop, swill | feed pigs. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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