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noun : WASTING
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease ;
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2. (
) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse ;
verb : WASTING
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" ;
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2. (
) use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" ;
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3. (
) get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" ;
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5. (
) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" ;
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6. (
) spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ;
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7. (
) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" ;
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8. (
) cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" ;
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9. (
) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" ;
Adjective : WASTING
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" ;
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