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Definitions of waste
  1. verb
    cause to grow thin or weak

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  2. verb
    run off as waste
    "The water wastes back into the ocean"

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  3. verb
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
    "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

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  4. verb
    become physically weaker

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  5. verb
    get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
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  6. verb
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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  7. verb
    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

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  8. adjective
    located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
    "waste places"
  9. noun
    an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
    "the trackless wastes of the desert"

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  10. noun
    useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
    "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
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  11. verb
    spend extravagantly
    "waste not, want not"

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  12. noun
    (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

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  13. noun
    the trait of wasting resources
    "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste" "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
  14. noun
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
    "they collect the waste once a week" "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
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  15. verb
    get rid of
    "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
  16. verb
    use inefficiently or inappropriately
    "waste heat" "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
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