What is the meaning of the word "waste"?
Definitions:
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any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
noun
- they collect the waste once a week
- they collect the waste once a week
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
verb
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
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get rid of
verb
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
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run off as waste
verb
- The water wastes back into the ocean
- The water wastes back into the ocean
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spend extravagantly
verb
- waste not, want not
- waste not, want not
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the trait of wasting resources
noun
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
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use inefficiently or inappropriately
verb
- waste heat
- waste heat
Synonyms:
- barren
- blow
- consume
- desolate
- do in
- emaciate
- knock off
- languish
- liquidate
- macerate
- neutralise
- neutralize
- permissive waste
- pine away
- rot
- run off
- squander
- throw
- ware
- waste material
- waste matter
- waste product
- wastefulness
- wild