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dreg

Definition:

noun: the remaining sediment or residue at the bottom of a liquid container, usually consisting of solid particles or impurities.

noun: the most worthless or unimportant part or person.

verb: to remove sediment or impurities from a liquid by pouring it off carefully.

verb: to extract the least valuable or desirable part from something.

verb: to degrade or lower in quality or value.

Examples:

noun:

1. After drinking her tea, only a small amount of dreg remained in the cup.
2. He felt like the dreg of society, constantly overlooked and forgotten.

verb:

1. She carefully dregged the wine to separate it from the sediment before serving.
2. The director decided to dreg the unnecessary scenes from the final cut of the movie.
3. The constant exposure to unhealthy habits began to dreg down his overall health.

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