Definition of Waste

Verb: waste weyst

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends";
- blow, squander
Use inefficiently or inappropriately
"waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
Get rid of
"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
Run off as waste
"The water wastes back into the ocean";
- run off
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"the double agent was wasted";
- neutralize, neutralise [Brit], liquidate, knock off, do in
Spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not";
- consume, squander, ware [archaic]
Lose vigour, health, or flesh, as through grief
- pine away, languish
Cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment wasted him";
- emaciate, macerate
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";
- lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge, lay waste
Become physically weaker
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world";
- rot

Noun: waste weyst

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"; "they collect the waste matter once a week";
- waste material, waste matter, waste product
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste";
- wastefulness, dissipation
The trait of wasting resources
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste";
- thriftlessness, wastefulness
An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the trackless wastes of the desert";
- barren, wasteland
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- permissive waste

Adjective: waste weyst

Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"waste places";
- godforsaken, wild