Definition of waste

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Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..

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Economist :: Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste..
Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..
Goaf :: Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts..
Refuse :: Refuse (n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning..
Spoilsmen :: Spoilful (a.) Wasteful; rapacious.
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Unspilt :: Unspilt (a.) Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
Havoc :: Havoc (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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..
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices..
Incomsumable :: Incomsumable (a.) Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..
Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate..
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn..
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