Definition of waste

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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.

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Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent..
Emaciate :: Emaciate (v. i.) To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To waste away.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
Losel :: Losel (a.) Wasteful; slothful.
Dross :: Dross (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc..
Forpine :: Forpine (v. t.) To waste away completely by suffering or torment.
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss..
Vastel :: Vastel (n.) See Wastel.
Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation..
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..
Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
Prodigence :: Prodigence (n.) Waste; profusion; prodigality.
Spoilsmen :: Spoilful (a.) Wasteful; rapacious.
Wastethrift :: Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.
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