Definition of Waste in English :

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Meaning of Waste in English

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Waste

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Noun

1. waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Example Sentences:
'they collect the waste once a week'
'much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers'

2. dissipation, waste, wastefulness

useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Example Sentences:
'if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste'
'mindless dissipation of natural resources'

3. thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness

the trait of wasting resources

Example Sentences:
'a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste'
'the wastefulness of missed opportunities'

4. barren, waste, wasteland

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Example Sentences:
'the barrens of central Africa'
'the trackless wastes of the desert'

5. permissive waste, waste

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Verb

6. blow, squander, waste

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Example Sentences:
'He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends'
'You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree'

7. waste

use inefficiently or inappropriately

Example Sentences:
'waste heat'
'waste a joke on an unappreciative audience'

8. waste

get rid of

Example Sentences:
'We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer'

9. run off, waste

run off as waste

Example Sentences:
'The water wastes back into the ocean'

10. do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Example Sentences:
'The mafia liquidated the informer'
'the double agent was neutralized'

11. consume, squander, ware, waste

spend extravagantly

Example Sentences:
'waste not, want not'

12. languish, pine away, waste

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Example Sentences:
'After her husband died, she just pined away'

13. emaciate, macerate, waste

cause to grow thin or weak

Example Sentences:
'The treatment emaciated him'

14. desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Example Sentences:
'The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion'

15. rot, waste

become physically weaker

Example Sentences:
'Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world'

Adjective

16. godforsaken, waste, wild

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

Example Sentences:
'a desert island'
'a godforsaken wilderness crossroads'
'a wild stretch of land'
'waste places'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Waste

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verb
1. (transitive)
to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail
2. (transitive)
to fail to take advantage of
to waste an opportunity
3. (when intr, often foll by away)
to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc
4. 
to exhaust or become exhausted
5. (transitive)
to ravage
6. (transitive) informal
to murder or kill
I want that guy wasted by tomorrow
noun
7. 
the act of wasting or state of being wasted
8. 
a failure to take advantage of something
9. 
anything unused or not used to full advantage
10. 
anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required
11. 
garbage, rubbish, or trash
12. (usually plural)
a land or region that is wild or uncultivated
the polar wastes
the barren wastes of the Sahara
13. obsolete
a land or region that is devastated or ruined
14. physiology
a. 
the useless products of metabolism
b. 
indigestible food residue
15. 
disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion
16. law
reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant
adjective
17. 
rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless
18. 
produced in excess of what is required
19. 
not cultivated, inhabited, or productive
waste land
20. 
a. 
of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
b. 
of or denoting indigestible food residue
21. 
destroyed, devastated, or ruined
22. 
designed to contain or convey waste products
23.  lay waste

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Waste

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwasted or ˈwasting
1. 
to destroy; devastate; ruin
2. 
to wear away; consume gradually; use up
3. 
to make weak, feeble, or emaciated; wear away the strength, vigor, or life of
a man wasted by age and disease
4. 
to use up or spend without real need, gain, or purpose; squander
5. 
to fail to take proper advantage of
to waste an opportunity
6.  US, Slang
to kill, usually with violence; esp., to murder
verb intransitive
7. 
to lose strength, health, vigor, flesh, etc., as by disease; become weak or enfeebled
often with away
8. 
to be used up or worn down gradually; become smaller or fewer by gradual loss
9.  Rare
to pass or be spent
said of time
10. 
to be wasted, or not put to full or proper use
adjective
11. 
uncultivated or uninhabited; wild; barren; desolate
12. 
left over, superfluous, refuse, or no longer of use
a waste product
13. 
produced in excess of what is or can be used
waste energy
14. 
excreted from the body as useless or superfluous material
said as of feces or urine
15. 
used to carry off or hold waste or refuse
a waste pipe, wastebasket
noun
16. 
uncultivated or uninhabited land, as a desert or wilderness
17. 
a. 
a desolate, uncultivated, or devastated stretch, tract, or area
b. 
a vast expanse, as of the sea
18. 
a wasting or being wasted
; specif.,
a. 
a useless or profitless spending or consuming; squandering, as of money or time
b. 
a failure to take advantage (of something)
c. 
a gradual loss, decrease, or destruction by use, wear, decay, deterioration, etc.
19. 
useless, superfluous, or discarded material, as ashes, garbage or sewage
20. 
matter excreted from the body, as feces or urine
21. 
cotton fiber or yarn left over from the process of milling, used for wiping machinery, packing bearings, etc.
22.  Obsolete
ruin or devastation, as by war or fire
23.  Physical Geography
material derived by land erosion or disintegration of rock, and carried to the sea by rivers and streams

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Waste

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v. wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes
v.tr.
1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.
3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.
4.
a. To destroy completely: The invaders wasted the village.
b. Slang To kill; murder.
v.intr.
1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.
2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.
n.
1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.
2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.
3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.
4.
a. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product: industrial wastes.
b. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.
5. Garbage; trash.
6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.
adj.
1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.
2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.
3. Excreted from the body: waste matter.

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