Wastes Meaning

There are 16 meaning(s) for word Wastes

Meaning 1 : cause to grow thin or weak

    Synonyms : emaciate,  macerate
Meaning 2 : run off as waste

    Example : The water wastes back into the ocean

    Synonyms : run off
Meaning 3 : spend thoughtlessly; throw away

    Example : He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

    Synonyms : blow,  squander
Meaning 4 : become physically weaker

    Synonyms : rot
Meaning 5 : get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    Synonyms : do in,  knock off,  liquidate,  neutralise,  neutralize
Meaning 6 : cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    Example : The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

    Synonyms : desolate,  devastate,  lay waste to,  ravage,  scourge
Meaning 7 : lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

    Synonyms : languish,  pine away
Meaning 8 : located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

    Example : waste places

    Synonyms : godforsaken,  wild
Meaning 9 : an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

    Example : the trackless wastes of the desert

    Synonyms : barren,  wasteland
Meaning 10 : useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

    Example : if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste

    Synonyms : dissipation,  wastefulness
Meaning 11 : spend extravagantly

    Example : waste not, want not

    Synonyms : consume,  squander,  ware
Meaning 12 : (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

    Synonyms : permissive waste
Meaning 13 : the trait of wasting resources

    Example : a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste,the wastefulness of missed opportunities

    Synonyms : thriftlessness,  wastefulness
Meaning 14 : any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

    Example : they collect the waste once a week,much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

    Synonyms : waste material,  waste matter,  waste product
Meaning 15 : get rid of

    Example : We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer

Meaning 16 : use inefficiently or inappropriately

    Example : waste heat,waste a joke on an unappreciative audience

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How to Pronounce Wastes

  • weɪst