Definition of waste

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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..

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Laze :: Laze (v. t.) To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days..
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent..
Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal..
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Infrugal :: Infrugal (a.) Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction..
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Draughthouse :: Draughthouse (n.) A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Dwine :: Dwine (v. i.) To waste away; to pine; to languish.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Wasting :: Wasting (a.) Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune..
Oasis :: Oasis (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
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