waste

Sense 1 noun

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

they collect the waste once a week

Sense 2 verb

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

Sense 3 adjective

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

a desert island

Sense 4 noun

useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste

Sense 5 verb

use inefficiently or inappropriately

waste heat

Sense 6 noun

the trait of wasting resources

a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste

Sense 7 verb

get rid of

We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer

Sense 8 noun

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

the barrens of central Africa

Sense 9 verb

run off as waste

The water wastes back into the ocean

Sense 10 noun

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Sense 11 verb

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

The mafia liquidated the informer

Sense 12 verb

spend extravagantly

waste not, want not

Sense 13 verb

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

After her husband died, she just pined away

Sense 14 verb

cause to grow thin or weak

The treatment emaciated him

Sense 15 verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

Sense 16 verb

become physically weaker

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