Meaning of Waste | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Residue.
2. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
   countable, uncountable
3. Excrement or urine.
   countable, uncountable
4. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
   countable, uncountable
5. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
   countable, uncountable
6. A large tract of uncultivated land.
   countable, uncountable
7. The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
   countable, historical, uncountable
8. A vast expanse of water.
   countable, uncountable
9. A disused mine or part of one.
   countable, uncountable
10. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
    countable, uncountable
11. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
    countable, uncountable
12. Gradual loss or decay.
    countable, uncountable
13. A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
    countable, uncountable
14. Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
    countable, rare, uncountable
15. 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.
    countable, uncountable
16. Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The cage was littered with animal waste.”

“We went down accordingly into the waste, and began to make our toilsome and devious travel towards the eastern verge.”

“The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.”

“That was a waste of time!”

“Her life seemed a waste.”

“'Rebel railwaymen' at Birmingham New Street refused to wear the new uniforms on the grounds that they were a "complete waste of public money".”

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