waste
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.countablehistoricaluncountable
2. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".countablerareuncountable
3. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.countableuncountable
4. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.Examples: "Niggas moves so waste / Please, come outside the house and show yourself / So I can say it to your face"; "Waste / Don't talk to me / You're so waste"derogatoryslang
adj (English)
1. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.Examples: "SOo whanne syr Galahad was departed from the castel of maydens / he rode tyl he came to a waste forest / & there he mette with syre launcelot and syr Percyuale but they knewe hym not / for he was newe desguysed / Ryghte so syr launcelot his fader dressid his spere and brake it vpon syr Galahad"archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.Examples: "Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath wasted, / Art made a myrrour to behold my plight."; "The Tiber / Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds."transitive
2. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.Examples: "We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project."; "I like this place, / And willingly could waste my time in it."; "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air."transitive
3. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.Synonyms: cackslangtransitive
4. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.Examples: "until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness"; "Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him."transitive
5. (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.intransitive
6. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.Examples: "[…]The barrell of meale shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oile faile, vntill the day that the Lord sendeth raine vpon the earth."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary