Definition of waste

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Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder..

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Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
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..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..
Smartle :: Smartle (v. i.) To waste away.
Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Infrugal :: Infrugal (a.) Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time..
Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Wastebook :: Wastebook (n.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall..
Havoc :: Havoc (v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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..
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..
Frugal :: Frugal (n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time..
Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
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