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Meaning of waste

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

waste

Pronunciation:/weɪst/

noun

Definitions

  1. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

  2. Excrement or urine.

    Example: The cage was littered with animal waste

  3. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

  4. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.

waste

Pronunciation:/weɪst/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Uncultivated, uninhabited.

  2. Barren; desert.

  3. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.

  4. Superfluous; needless.

waste

Pronunciation:/weɪst/

verb

Definitions

  1. To devastate, destroy

  2. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.

    Example: We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.

  3. To kill; to murder.

  4. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.