Definition of waste

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Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..

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Devastavit :: Devastavit (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.
Economizer :: Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Noils :: Noils (n. pl.) Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
Slatter :: Slatter (v. i.) To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful..
Lock-weir :: Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber..
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
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..
Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies..
Rubbish :: Rubbish (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris..
Clung :: Clung (v. i.) Wasted away; shrunken.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..
Atrophy :: Atrophy (v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Emaciate :: Emaciate (v. i.) To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..
Slattern :: Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance..
Waste :: Waste (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse..
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