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Definition of "waste"

waste

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waste noun

¹ missing an opportunity to do/use sth

ADJ. absolute, complete, total, utter The whole thing has been a complete waste of time. | colossal, great, tremendous | awful, criminal, senseless, shocking, terrible a criminal waste of public money | needless, unnecessary, useless | tragic a tragic waste of human life | expensive | conspicuous

VERB + WASTE go to If nobody comes all this food will go to waste. | cause | avoid Try to avoid unnecessary waste. | cut down on, reduce | minimize

PREP. ~ of a waste of energy/resources

² unwanted substances/things

ADJ. dangerous, harmful, hazardous, poisonous, toxic a dump containing hazardous waste | non-toxic | high-level, intermediate-level, low-level | recyclable | agricultural, commercial, industrial | domestic, household, kitchen All household waste should be disposed of in strong garbage bags. | clinical, hospital, medical | nuclear, radioactive | chemical | plastic | organic | animal, human | garden, plant | municipal | liquid, solid | food, energy

VERB + WASTE produce Tonnes of waste are produced every year. | dispose of, dump, get rid of More people are dumping waste illegally. | clean up the highly expensive task of cleaning up toxic waste | burn, incinerate an incinerator for burning hospital waste | bury, store | process, treat facilities for processing radioactive waste | recycle, reprocess | deal with, handle, manage the best solutions for managing waste | cut down on, reduce | eliminate | export, import Industrialized countries continue to export their waste.

WASTE + VERB contaminate sth, pollute sth areas contaminated by industrial waste

WASTE + NOUN collection | burial, disposal, incineration | storage | processing, recycling, reprocessing, treatment a waste reprocessing plant | management | minimization, reduction | bin | dump, site, tip The river was used for years as an industrial waste dump. | outlet, pipe | imports a ban on waste imports

³ wastes: areas of ground not lived in or cultivated

ADJ. frozen, icy the frozen wastes of Antarctica

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; waste material, waste matter, waste product

  they collect the waste once a week

  much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; wastefulness, dissipation

  if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste

  mindless dissipation of natural resources

• the trait of wasting resources; thriftlessness, wastefulness

  a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste

  the wastefulness of missed opportunities

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; barren, wasteland

  the barrens of central Africa

  the trackless wastes of the desert

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; permissive waste

v.

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away; blow, squander

  He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

  You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

  waste heat

  waste a joke on an unappreciative audience

• get rid of

  We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer

• run off as waste; run off

  The water wastes back into the ocean

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in

  The mafia liquidated the informer

  the double agent was neutralized

• spend extravagantly; consume, squander, ware

  waste not, want not

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; pine away, languish

  After her husband died, she just pined away

• cause to grow thin or weak; emaciate, macerate

  The treatment emaciated him

• devastate or ravage; lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

  The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

• waste away; rot

  Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world

adj.

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; desert, godforsaken, wild

  a desert island

  a godforsaken wilderness crossroads

  a wild stretch of land

  waste places

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English Slang Dictionary

1. to destroy
2. to kill, to beat up

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

wastes|wasted|wasting
syn.: consume dregs exhaust garbage refuse rubbish spend squander use up
ant.: save