Definition of waste

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Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.

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Estrepe :: Estrepe (v. t.) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste..
Cappadine :: Cappadine (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag..
Wasted :: Wasted (imp. & p. p.) of Wast.
Hectic :: Hectic (a.) Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush..
Dwine :: Dwine (v. i.) To waste away; to pine; to languish.
Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To waste away.
Elimination :: Elimination (n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
Bezzle :: Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.
Dilly-dally :: Dilly-dally (v. i.) To loiter or trifle; to waste time.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Harry :: Harry (v. t.) To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land..
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.
Rubbish :: Rubbish (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris..
Muddle :: Muddle (v. t.) To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It
Vastel :: Vastel (n.) See Wastel.
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
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