waste
- Noun. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness.
- Noun. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- Noun. A large tract of uncultivated land.
- Noun. A vast expanse of water.
- Noun. A disused mine or part of one.
- Noun. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Noun. Large abundance of something, especially without it being used.
- Noun. Gradual loss or decay.
- Noun. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
- Noun. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
- Noun. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Noun. Excrement (animal '''waste''', human '''waste''').
- Noun. (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Adjective. (context, now) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- Adjective. Barren; desert.
- Adjective. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Adjective. Superfluous; needless.
- Adjective. Unfortunate; Disappointing.
- Verb. (transitive, now) To devastate or destroy.
- Verb. (transitive) To use up, diminish, reduce by gradual loss; to decay; to emaciate.
- Verb. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- Verb. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- Verb. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight or weaken.
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