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Word: Waste
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus ‘unoccupied, uncultivated’
weɪst
use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
Short Definition:use or expend carelessly or to no purpose
Examples:- we can't afford to waste electricity
- I don't use the car, so why should I waste precious money on it?
(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated
Short Definition:become progressively weaker and more emaciated
Examples:- she was visibly wasting away
devastate or ruin (a place)
Short Definition:devastate or ruin
Examples:- he seized their cattle and wasted their country
(of time) pass away
Short Definition:pass away
Examples:- the years were wasting
Word: Waste
Speech Type: Adjective
weɪst
(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process
Short Definition:eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after completion of process
Examples:- ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly
- plants produce oxygen as a waste product
(of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on
Short Definition:not used, cultivated, or built on
Examples:- a patch of waste ground
Word: Waste
Speech Type: Noun
weɪst
an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
Short Definition:act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
Examples:- it's a waste of time trying to argue with him
- they had learned to avoid waste
unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products
Short Definition:unwanted or unusable material, substances
Examples:- nuclear waste
- hazardous industrial wastes
a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
Short Definition:large area of barren
Examples:- the icy wastes of the Antarctic
damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.
Short Definition:damage to estate caused by act or by neglect
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