waste
31waste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste more at vast Date: 13th century 1. a. a …
32Waste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Waste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consumption consumption expenditure exhaustion Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion &c. 73 Sgm: N 1 ebb ebb Sgm: N 1 leakage leakage &c.(exudation) 295 …
33waste*/*/ — [weɪst] noun I 1) [singular/U] the failure to use something that is valuable or useful in an effective way All this uneaten food – what a waste![/ex] It s a waste of time trying to get her to change her mind.[/ex] The cherries will just go to… …
34waste — n. 1) to cause waste 2) to cut down on waste 3) hazardous; nuclear; radioactive; solid; toxic wastes 4) (misc.) to go to waste ( to be wasted ); to lay waste to ( to destroy ); a terrible waste of time and money * * * [weɪst] a terrible waste of… …
35waste — {{11}}waste (n.) c.1200, desolate regions, from O.Fr. wast, from L. vastum, neut. of vastus waste (see WASTE (Cf. waste) (v.)); replacing O.E. westen, woesten a desert, wilderness, from the Latin word. Meaning useless expenditure is recorded from …
36waste — [[t]weɪst[/t]] v. wast•ed, wast•ing, n. adj. 1) to consume or use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste natural resources[/ex] 2) to fail or neglect to use 3) to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore[/ex] 4)… …
37waste — 1. verb 1) he doesn t like to waste money Syn: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around; informal blow, splurge Ant: conserve 2) these children are wasting away in the …
38waste — In the popular sense, the failure to conserve. Loss of assets in the estate of a decedent through mismanagement by the executor or administrator. 31 Am J2d Ex & Ad § 265. In the technical sense, the destruction, misuse, alteration, or neglect of… …
39waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …
40waste — verb 1》 use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. ↘(usu. be wasted on) expend on an unappreciative recipient: small talk was wasted on him. ↘fail to make full or good use of. 2》 (often waste away) become progressively weaker and… …
