Definition of waste

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Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..

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Repair :: Repair (n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city..
Slattern :: Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning..
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
Quiddler :: Quiddler (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles.
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
Knubs :: Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Estrepe :: Estrepe (v. t.) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste..
Dwine :: Dwine (v. i.) To waste away; to pine; to languish.
Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..
Rubbish :: Rubbish (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris..
Wasteboard :: Wasteboard (n.) See Washboard, 3..
Muddle :: Muddle (v. t.) To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated..
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Smartle :: Smartle (v. i.) To waste away.
Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Devastation :: Devastation (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes..
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
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