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waste
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- pronunciation:
- weIst
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
wastes, wasting, wasted |
| definition 1: |
to use or spend in a careless way or for little or no return.
He wasted his money at the carnival.- antonyms:
- conserve, save, spare
- similar words:
- blow, drain, exhaust, lavish
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| definition 2: |
to fail to use or take full advantage of.
He wasted the chance to go to college.- synonyms:
- miss
- similar words:
- blow, lose
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| definition 3: |
to cause to become more weak.
The cold weather wasted the old woman.- synonyms:
- exhaust, tire
- similar words:
- drain, weaken, wear out
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| definition 4: |
to become weak or exhausted.
The old man's health was wasting away.- synonyms:
- tire, weaken
- similar words:
- decay, droop, fatigue, wane, wilt
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| related words: |
batter, consume, decline, die, fade, kill, lose, misuse, ruin, wear |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of wasting or state of being wasted.
Going to the sale was a waste of time.- similar words:
- destruction, misuse, ruin, wreckage
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| definition 2: |
using too much of something that is important to save, especially natural resources and products that come from them.
They are trying to reduce waste at home by using fewer paper towels.- antonyms:
- thrift
- similar words:
- misuse
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| definition 3: |
things that are thrown away; garbage; refuse.
Plastic containers like these used to be just waste, but now they can be recycled.- synonyms:
- garbage, refuse, rubbish
- similar words:
- debris, junk, litter, trash
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| definition 4: |
useless matter thrown away during a particular process.
The factory poured its waste into the river.- synonyms:
- by-product
- similar words:
- garbage, litter, pollution, rubbish
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| definition 5: |
material given off by the body after food is digested.
There were portable bathrooms at the festival to dispose of human waste.- synonyms:
- urine
- similar words:
- dung
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| related words: |
desert, loss, wild |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
seen as useless or worthless.
We put our waste food in the compost pile.- synonyms:
- useless, worthless
- similar words:
- extra, unnecessary
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| definition 2: |
used for garbage or refuse.
I emptied the waste container. |
| related words: |
barren, desolate, wild |
The word waste and waist (a part of the human body) sound alike but have different meanings.
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