The definition of 'wasteing' & the word 'wasteing' in example sentences or phrases
Verb
1
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
2
use inefficiently or inappropriately
- waste heat
- waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
3
get rid of
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
4
run off as waste
- The water wastes back into the ocean
5
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
6
spend extravagantly
- waste not, want not
7
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- After her husband died, she just pined away
8
cause to grow thin or weak
- The treatment emaciated him
9
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
10
become physically weaker
- Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
Synonyms of the word 'wasteing' & Antonyms of the word 'wasteing'.
Verb
Synonymssquander, waste, blow, waste, waste, waste, run off, liquidate, do in, neutralize, knock off, neutralise, waste, consume, waste, squander, ware, pine away, languish, waste, emaciate, waste, macerate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste, desolate, waste, rot,
Antonymsconserve,
