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Waste
Pronunciation
- AHD: wāst
- IPA: /weɪst/
- SAMPA: /weIst/
Homophones
Noun
waste (uncountable and countable, plural: wastes)
- what people don't want anymore and try to get rid of
- a complete loss
- That was a waste of time
- Her life seemed a waste
- Specific sense: excrement (animal waste, human waste)
Synonyms
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Translations
- Dutch: afval n (1), rommel m (1), vuil n (1), verkwisting f (2), verspilling f (2)
- French: déchets m, pl (1)
- German: Abfall m (1), Verschwendung f (1)
- Italian: sottoprodotto (1)
- Portuguese: dejeto m, lixo m, sucata f
- Spanish: desechos m, pl (1), detrito m (1), basura f (1)
intransitive verb
to waste (wasted, wasted)
- to gradually lose weight or weaken
- After he lost hope, he wasted away.
transitive verb
to waste (wasted, wasted)
- to use valuable resources in vain
- We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project
- (slang) to murder.
to lay waste to
- To completely destroy
- The hurricane laid waste to the better part of several counties
Related terms
Translations
- Dutch: verspillen, verkwisten, vermorsen, verdoen, verklungelen,
- French: dissiper, gaspiller, prodiguer
- Portuguese: desperdiçar
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