Definition of wastes Wastes
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- wastes (Noun)
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| waste - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" | ||
| wastefulness, dissipation | ||
| activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" | ||
| boondoggle work of little or no value done merely to look busy | ||
| waste of effort, waste of energy a useless effort | ||
| waste of material a useless consumption of material | ||
| waste of money money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money" | ||
| waste of time the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal" | ||
| high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | ||
| waste - 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" | ||
| waste material, waste matter, waste product | ||
| material, stuff things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" | ||
| dross, impurity the condition of being impure | ||
| exhaust fumes, fumes, exhaust system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged | ||
| body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | ||
| skank, crud, filth a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees | ||
| sewage, sewerage waste matter carried away in sewers or drains | ||
| effluent, sewer water, wastewater water mixed with waste matter | ||
| food waste, refuse, scraps, garbage a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage" | ||
| pollutant waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil | ||
| rubbish, scrap, trash worthless material that is to be disposed of | ||
| slop wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | ||
| waste - (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | ||
| permissive waste | ||
| human action, human activity, deed, act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" | ||
| waste - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" | ||
| thriftlessness, wastefulness | ||
| improvidence, shortsightedness a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | ||
| waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" | ||
| barren, wasteland | ||
| wild, wilderness a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" | ||
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| waste - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" | ||
| blow, squander | ||
| husband, economise, economize, conserve preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| expend, use use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" | ||
| burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" | ||
| waste - cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" | ||
| emaciate, macerate | ||
| emaciate grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy" | ||
| debilitate, enfeeble, drain make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" | ||
| waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| rot | ||
| degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" | ||
| gangrene, necrose, sphacelate, mortify undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" | ||
| waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" | ||
| utilise, employ, utilize, use, apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) | ||
| waste - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" | ||
| run off | ||
| course, flow, feed, run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" | ||
| waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" | ||
| cast aside, toss away, toss out, discard, cast away, chuck out, cast out, throw away, fling, dispose, throw out, toss, put away throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| waste - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" | ||
| lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge | ||
| destroy, ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| ruin fall into ruin | ||
| waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" | ||
| consume, squander, ware | ||
| expend, spend, drop pay out; "spend money" | ||
| fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, dissipate, fool, shoot spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" | ||
| luxuriate, wanton thrive profusely or flourish extensively | ||
| lavish, shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" | ||
| overspend spend at a high rate | ||
| splurge, fling be showy or ostentatious | ||
| waste - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" | ||
| pine away, languish | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
| waste - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" | ||
| neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
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Wiktionary
- waste (Noun)
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. - waste (Noun)
A place that has been lay laid waste or destroyed. - waste (Noun)
A large tract of uncultivated land. - waste (Noun)
A vast expanse of water. - waste (Noun)
A disused mine or part of one. - waste (Noun)
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use. - waste (Noun)
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used. - waste (Noun)
Gradual loss or decay. - waste (Noun)
A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away . - waste (Noun)
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disaster s; See "to lay waste ". - waste (Noun)
Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. - waste (Noun)
Excrement. - waste (Noun)
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect. - waste (Verb)
To devastate or destroy. - waste (Verb)
To squander money or resources uselessly; to spend time idly. - waste (Verb)
To kill; to murder. - waste (Verb)
Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail. - waste (Adjective)
Uncultivated, uninhabited. - waste (Adjective)
Barren; desert. - waste (Adjective)
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess. - waste (Adjective)
Superfluous; needless. - waste (Adjective)
Unfortunate; Disappointing.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- waste (a.)
Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. - waste (a.)
Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. - waste (a.)
Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. - waste (a.)
To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. - 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. - 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. - waste (a.)
To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. - waste (v. i.)
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. - waste (v. i.)
To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc. - 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. - waste (v.)
That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness. - 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. - 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. - waste (v.)
Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Unwanted or undesired material, usually discarded. -
waste
To use goods and wealth inconsiderately, without any care. -
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Excessive spending of goods and wealth. -
waste
To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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waste
House of waste; a tavern or alehouse, where idle people waste both their time and money.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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waste
Waste not, want not. -
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Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Wikipedia 
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Waste is used, discarded, and unwanted materials. One also speaks of trash, garbage, rubbish, or junk.
There are a number of different types of waste. It can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas or as waste heat. When released in as a liquid or gas the wastes can be referred to as emissions. It is usually strongly linked with pollution.
Waste may also be something that you cannot touch as wasted time or wasted opportunities. The term "waste" implies things which have been used inefficiently or inappropriately.
