dregs /dɹɛɡz/ noun[usually plural]2 •The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth / Throughout the fluid mass; but downward purged / The black tartareous cold infernal dregs — 1667 •(figurative) The worst and lowest part of something.I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening. formsdreg