Definition of waste | What does waste mean?
What is the definition of the word WASTE?
Here is a list of definitions for waste.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
- the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
What are the verbs of the word WASTE?
Here is a list of definitions for waste.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
- use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
- get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
What are the synonyms of the word WASTE?
What is another word for WASTE?. Here is a list of synonyms for WASTE
- WASTE
- WASTE MATERIAL
- WASTE MATTER
- WASTE PRODUCT
- WASTEFULNESS
- DISSIPATION
- THRIFTLESSNESS
- BARREN
- WASTELAND
- PERMISSIVE WASTE
- BLOW
- SQUANDER
- RUN OFF
- NEUTRALIZE
- NEUTRALISE
- LIQUIDATE
- KNOCK OFF
- DO IN
- CONSUME
- WARE
- PINE AWAY
- LANGUISH
- EMACIATE
- MACERATE
- LAY WASTE TO
- DEVASTATE
- DESOLATE
- RAVAGE
- SCOURGE
- ROT
Words beginning with WASTE?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with WASTE.
- wasteways
- wasteway
- wastewaters
- wastewater
- wastes
- wastery
- wasters
- wastering
- wasterifes
- wasterife
- wasteries
- wasterie
- wasterfulnesses
- wasterfulness
- wasterfully
- wasterful
- wastered
- waster
- wastepapers
- wastepaper
- wastenesses
- wasteness
- wastels
- wastelots
- wastelot
- wastelands
- wasteland
- wastel
- wastefulnesses
- wastefulness
- wastefully
- wasteful
- wasted
- wastebaskets
- wastebasket
- waste
What words can be made with WASTE?
We only list the first 50 results for any words that can be made with WASTE.
In which dictionaries does the word waste exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes