Engelsk tillægsord: waste | |||
1. | waste located in a dismal or remote area; desolate | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A desert island. A godforsaken wilderness crossroads. A wild stretch of land. Waste places. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | godforsaken, wild | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | inhospitable | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | hospitable | ||
Engelsk navneord: waste | |||
1. | waste (om masse el. substans) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They collect the waste once a week. Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | waste material, waste matter, waste product | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | material, stuff | ||
Mere specifikke termer | body waste, crud, dross, effluent, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product, exhaust, exhaust fumes, filth, food waste, fumes, garbage, impurity, pollutant, refuse, rubbish, scrap, scraps, sewage, sewer water, sewerage, skank, slop, toxic industrial waste, toxic waste, trash, wastewater | ||
2. | waste (om handling) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste. Mindless dissipation of natural resources. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dissipation, wastefulness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | activity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | boondoggle, extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, squandering, waste of effort, waste of energy, waste of material, waste of money, waste of time | ||
3. | waste (om egenskab) the trait of wasting resources | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste. The wastefulness of missed opportunities. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | thriftlessness, wastefulness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | improvidence, shortsightedness | ||
4. | waste (om sted) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The barrens of central Africa. The trackless wastes of the desert. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | barren, wasteland | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | wild, wilderness | ||
Mere specifikke termer | heath, heathland | ||
5. | waste (om handling) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | permissive waste | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: waste | |||
1. | waste (om forhold) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends. You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | blow, squander | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | expend, use | ||
Mere specifikke termer | burn | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | blow | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | economize, husband, economise, conserve | ||
2. | waste (om forbrug, indtagelse el. anvendelse) use inefficiently or inappropriately | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Waste heat. Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | ||
3. | waste (om forhold) get rid of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | ||
4. | waste (om bevægelse) run off as waste | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The water wastes back into the ocean. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | run off | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | course, feed, flow, run | ||
5. | waste (om relation) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The mafia liquidated the informer. The double agent was neutralized. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They want to waste the prisoners | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | kill | ||
6. | waste (om forbrug, indtagelse el. anvendelse) spend extravagantly | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Waste not, want not. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | consume, squander, ware | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | drop, expend, spend | ||
Mere specifikke termer | dissipate, fling, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, lavish, luxuriate, overspend, shoot, shower, splurge, wanton | ||
7. | waste (om ændring) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | After her husband died, she just pined away. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | languish, pine away | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | weaken | ||
8. | waste (om ændring) cause to grow thin or weak | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The treatment emaciated him. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | emaciate, macerate | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | debilitate, drain, enfeeble | ||
Medfører | emaciate | ||
9. | waste (om ændring) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | destroy, ruin | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ruin | ||
10. | waste (i anatomi) become physically weaker | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rot | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | ||
Mere specifikke termer | gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelate | ||