English dictionary
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English adjective: waste | |||
| 1. | waste located in a dismal or remote area; desolate | ||
| Samples | A desert island. A godforsaken wilderness crossroads. A wild stretch of land. Waste places. | ||
| Synonyms | godforsaken, wild | ||
| Similar | inhospitable | ||
| Antonyms | hospitable | ||
English noun: waste | |||
| 1. | waste (substance) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted | ||
| Samples | They collect the waste once a week. Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers. | ||
| Synonyms | waste material, waste matter, waste product | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (act) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | ||
| Samples | If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste. Mindless dissipation of natural resources. | ||
| Synonyms | dissipation, wastefulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (attribute) the trait of wasting resources | ||
| Samples | A life characterized by thriftlessness and waste. The wastefulness of missed opportunities. | ||
| Synonyms | thriftlessness, wastefulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | improvidence, shortsightedness | ||
| 4. | waste (location) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | ||
| Samples | The barrens of central Africa. The trackless wastes of the desert. | ||
| Synonyms | barren, wasteland | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wild, wilderness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | heath, heathland | ||
| 5. | waste (act) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | ||
| Synonyms | permissive waste | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
English verb: waste | |||
| 1. | waste (possession) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | ||
| Samples | He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends. You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree. | ||
| Synonyms | blow, squander | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expend, use | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burn | ||
| Verb group | blow | ||
| Antonyms | economize, husband, economise, conserve | ||
| 2. | waste (consumption) use inefficiently or inappropriately | ||
| Samples | Waste heat. Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | ||
| 3. | waste (possession) get rid of | ||
| Samples | We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | ||
| 4. | waste (motion) run off as waste | ||
| Samples | The water wastes back into the ocean. | ||
| Synonyms | run off | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, feed, flow, run | ||
| 5. | waste (contact) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | ||
| Samples | The mafia liquidated the informer. The double agent was neutralized. | ||
| Examples | They want to waste the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 6. | waste (consumption) spend extravagantly | ||
| Samples | Waste not, want not. | ||
| Synonyms | consume, squander, ware | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drop, expend, spend | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dissipate, fling, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, lavish, luxuriate, overspend, shoot, shower, splurge, wanton | ||
| 7. | waste (change) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | ||
| Samples | After her husband died, she just pined away. | ||
| Synonyms | languish, pine away | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
| 8. | waste (change) cause to grow thin or weak | ||
| Samples | The treatment emaciated him. | ||
| Synonyms | emaciate, macerate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | debilitate, drain, enfeeble | ||
| Cause | emaciate | ||
| 9. | waste (change) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||
| Samples | The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. | ||
| Synonyms | desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ruin | ||
| 10. | waste (body) become physically weaker | ||
| Samples | Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world. | ||
| Synonyms | rot | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelate | ||
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