Definition of waste

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Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..

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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..
Nutriment :: Nutriment (n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts..
Noils :: Noils (n. pl.) Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it..
Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood..
Wasteboard :: Wasteboard (n.) See Washboard, 3..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..
Bezzle :: Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.
Scath :: Scath (v. t.) To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely..
Prodigality :: Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..
Devastavit :: Devastavit (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.
Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Spill :: Spill (v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste..
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