waste

waste

to use carelessly; lose; squander: It’s not good to waste food.

Not to be confused with:

waist – the narrow middle part of an object: She wore a sash at her waist.

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waste

 (wāst)

v. wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes

v.tr.

1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.

2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.

3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.

4.

a. To destroy completely: The invaders wasted the village.

b. Slang To kill; murder.

v.intr.

1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.

2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.

n.

1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.

2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.

3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.

4.

a. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product: industrial wastes.

b. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.

5. Garbage; trash.

6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.

adj.

1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.

2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.

3. Excreted from the body: waste matter.

Idiom:

waste (one's) breath

To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.

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[Middle English wasten, from Old North French waster, from Latin vāstāre, to make empty, from vāstus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: waste, blow¹, dissipate, fritter¹, squander
These verbs mean to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail: wasted my inheritance; blew a fortune at the casino; dissipated their energies in pointless argument; frittering away her entire allowance; squandered his talent on writing jingles.

Antonym: save¹

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waste

(weɪst)

vb

1. (tr) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail

2. (tr) to fail to take advantage of: to waste an opportunity.

3. (Medicine) (when: intr, often foll by away) to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc

4. to exhaust or become exhausted

5. (tr) to ravage

6. (tr) informal to murder or kill: I want that guy wasted by tomorrow.

n

7. the act of wasting or state of being wasted

8. a failure to take advantage of something

9. anything unused or not used to full advantage

10. anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required

11. garbage, rubbish, or trash

12. (Physical Geography) (usually plural) a land or region that is wild or uncultivated

13. (Physical Geography) obsolete a land or region that is devastated or ruined

14. (Physiology) physiol

a. the useless products of metabolism

b. indigestible food residue

15. (Physical Geography) disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion

16. (Law) law reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant

adj

17. rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless

18. produced in excess of what is required

19. not cultivated, inhabited, or productive: waste land.

20. (Physiology)

a. of or denoting the useless products of metabolism

b. of or denoting indigestible food residue

21. destroyed, devastated, or ruined

22. designed to contain or convey waste products

23. lay waste to devastate or destroy

[C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus empty]

ˈwastable adj

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waste

(weɪst)

v. wast•ed, wast•ing,
n., adj. v.t.

1. to consume or use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste natural resources.

2. to fail or neglect to use.

3. to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore.

4. to wear down or reduce in bodily substance or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease.

5. to devastate or ruin: a country wasted by a long futile war.

6. Slang. to kill or murder.

v.i.

7. to be consumed or employed uselessly or inadequately.

8. to become gradually used up or worn away.

9. to become physically worn, esp. emaciated or enfeebled.

10. to diminish gradually, as wealth or power; dwindle.

n.

11. useless consumption or expenditure; an act or instance of wasting: a complete waste of my time.

12. neglect, instead of use.

13. gradual impairment or decay.

14. devastation or ruin.

15. an area devastated or ruined: a blackened waste where timberland had stood.

16. anything unused, inadequately used, or unproductive.

17. desolate country, as desert.

18. something left over or superfluous: salvaging factory wastes.

19. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc.

20. garbage; refuse.

21. wastes, excrement.

adj.

22. not used or in use: waste energy.

23. (of land, regions, etc.) wild; desolate.

24. (of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin.

25. left over; superfluous: to utilize the waste products of manufacture.

26. rejected as useless or worthless; refuse.

27. Physiol. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.

28. designed or used to receive or carry away useless material (often in combination): a waste pipe.

Idioms:

1. go to waste, to be wasted, rather than used or consumed.

2. lay waste, to devastate; destroy.

[1150–1200; Middle English < Old North French waster (Old French g(u)aster) < Latin vāstāre, derivative of vāstus desolate; Old North French w-, Old French gu- by influence of c. Frankish *wōsti desolate (c. Old High German wuosti)]

wast′a•ble, adj.

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waste

• wastrel - Pronounced WAYS-trul, it is either a wasteful or worthless person, derived from the verb "waste," from Latin vastus, "desert, waste."
• bratwurst - From German Brat, "meat without waste," and Wurst, "sausage."
• eat your heart out - Goes back as far as Diogenes Laertius, who credited Pythagoras with saying "Do not eat your heart"—meaning "Don't waste your life worrying about something"—2,500 years ago.
• sullage - Waste from household sinks, showers, and baths—but not toilets; it also figuratively means filth or refuse.

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Waste

 

1. In delay we waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day —William Shakespeare
2. Wasted his wealth like spittle —Stephen Vincent Benet
3. Wasted more money in a day than a Boeing 747 full of proverbial welfare queens could have squandered in a century —Hodding Carter III, Wall Street Journal March 30, 1986

   Carter’s simile referred to new defense spending policies.

4. Wasteful as drunkenness at undue times —Robert Browning
5. Wasteful as regrets —Anon

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waist

– waste

These words are both pronounced /weɪst/.

1. 'waist'

Waist is a noun. Your waist is the middle part of your body, above your hips.

She tied a belt around her waist.

He was naked from the waist up.

2. 'waste' used as a verb

Waste is most commonly a verb. If you waste time, money, or energy, you use it on something that is unimportant or unnecessary.

You're wasting time asking him to help – he won't.

We wasted money on a computer that didn't work.

3. 'waste' used as a noun

You can also say that something is a waste of time, money, or energy.

I'll never do that again. It's a waste of time.

It's a waste of money buying a new washing machine when we could repair the old one.

Waste also refers to material that has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the useful part has been removed.

The river was full of industrial waste.

Your kidneys help to remove waste from your body.

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waste

Past participle: wasted
Gerund: wasting

Imperative

waste

waste

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	waste - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" waste material, waste matter, waste product material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" dross, impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes - gases ejected from an engine as waste products body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body filth, skank, crud - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant sewage, sewerage - waste matter carried away in sewers or drains effluent, sewer water, wastewater - water mixed with waste matter food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of slop - (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; "she carried out the sink slops" toxic industrial waste, toxic waste - poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
	2.	waste - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" wastefulness, dissipation boondoggle - work of little or no value done merely to look busy activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" waste of effort, waste of energy - a useless effort waste of material - a useless consumption of material waste of money - money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money" waste of time - the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal" high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance - excessive spending squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
	3.	waste - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" thriftlessness, wastefulness improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
	4.	waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" barren, wasteland heathland, heath - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
	5.	waste - (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect permissive waste human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb	1.	waste - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" squander, blow expend, use - use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" burn - spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" economize, husband, economise, conserve - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
	2.	waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
	3.	waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
	4.	waste - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" run off course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	5.	waste - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	6.	waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ware, squander, consume fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" luxuriate, wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously lavish, shower - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" overspend - spend at a high rate expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" splurge, fling - indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
	7.	waste - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" languish, pine away weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	8.	waste - cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" emaciate, macerate debilitate, enfeeble, drain - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
	9.	waste - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, desolate ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"
	10.	waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" rot degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" gangrene, necrose, sphacelate, mortify - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
Adj.	1.	waste - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" godforsaken, wild inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"

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waste

verb

1. squander, throw away, blow (slang), run through, lavish, misuse, dissipate, fritter away, frivol away (informal) We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
squander save, protect, preserve, conserve, economize, husband

2. wear out, wither, deplete, debilitate, drain, undermine, exhaust, disable, consume, gnaw, eat away, corrode, enfeeble, sap the strength of, emaciate a cruel disease which wastes the muscles

noun

1. squandering, misuse, loss, expenditure, extravagance, frittering away, lost opportunity, dissipation, wastefulness, misapplication, prodigality, unthriftiness The whole project is a complete waste of time and resources.
squandering saving, economy, thrift, good housekeeping, frugality

2. rubbish, refuse, debris, sweepings, scrap, litter, garbage, trash, leftovers, offal, dross, dregs, leavings, offscourings This country produces 10 million tonnes of toxic waste every year.

plural noun desert, wilds, wilderness, void, solitude, wasteland the barren wastes of the Sahara

adjective

1. unwanted, useless, worthless, unused, leftover, superfluous, unusable, supernumerary suitable locations for the disposal of waste products
unwanted needed, necessary, utilized

2. uncultivated, wild, bare, barren, empty, devastated, dismal, dreary, desolate, unproductive, uninhabited Yarrow can be found growing wild on waste ground.
uncultivated cultivated, developed, productive, in use, fruitful, arable, verdant, habitable

lay something waste devastate, destroy, ruin, spoil, total (slang), sack, undo, trash (slang), ravage, raze, despoil, wreak havoc upon, depredate (rare) The war has laid waste large regions of the country.

waste away decline, dwindle, wither, perish, sink, fade, crumble, decay, wane, ebb, wear out, atrophy People dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.

Proverbs
"It's no use making shoes for geese"

Usage: Waste and wastage are to some extent interchangeable, but many people think that wastage should not be used to refer to loss resulting from human carelessness, inefficiency, etc.: a waste (not a wastage) of time, money, effort, etc.

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waste

verb

1. To use up foolishly or needlessly:

consume, devour, dissipate, squander.

2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:

consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away.

Slang: blow.

3. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:

dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill, trifle away, while (away), wile (away).

4. To lose strength or power.Also used with away:

decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag, languish, sink, wane, weaken.

Informal: fizzle (out).

Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids.

5. To fail to take advantage of:

lose, miss.

Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on.

6. To do away with completely and destructively:

consume, devour, eat (up), swallow (up).

7. To destroy completely as or as if by conquering:

desolate, devastate, ravage.

Idiom: lay waste.

8. Slang. To cause the death of:

carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.

Slang: zap.

Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.

9. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:

destroy, finish (off), kill, liquidate, murder, slay.

Informal: put away.

Slang: bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, wipe out, zap.

noun

1. Excessive or imprudent expenditure:

extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, wastefulness.

2. A tract of unproductive land:

badlands, barren (often used in plural), desert, wasteland, wilderness.

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Translations

أرْض خَراب أو غَيْر خَصْبَهضَياعضَيَاعنُفايَه، فُضالَهيُبَدِّدُ

odpadplýtváníplýtvat

spildeaffalden forspildt mulighedødemarkspild

verschwendenVerschwendungwüstAbfallEinöde

σπατάλησπαταλώτρώωέρημος

desperdiciodesperdiciarperderresiduosmalgastar

tuhlatatuhlaushukatakuihtua

gaspillergaspillagedébrisdéchetdéchets

otpadrasipati

pusztaság

eyîa, sóaeyîimörk, öræfi, auîneyîsla, sóunúrgangur

sprecaresprecobuono a nulladevastaredi scarto

浪費浪費する

낭비낭비하다

atliekosdykvietėeikvojimas veltuigaišintimakulatūra

atkritumiizšķiešanaplašumišķiesttērēt

afvalrommelverspillenverwoestenverzwakken

avfallsløsesløsingspilleødemark

odpadyzmarnować

desperdiçardesperdíciodestruirdevastarermo

тратитьтратить впустуюрасточительство

odpadpremárnenie

odpadkizapravljanjezapravljati

slösa bortsopor

ใช้ไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์การสูญเสียโดยเปล่าประโยชน์

israfisraf etmekıssız yerziyanatık madde

phung phísự phung phí

浪费荒地废料

waste

[weɪst]

A. N

1. (= misuse) → desperdicio m, derroche m
I hate waste → odio el desperdicio or el derroche
what a waste! → ¡qué desperdicio or derroche!
her death is a terrible waste → su muerte es una terrible pérdida
there was no waste on that meat → esa carne no tenía desperdicio
an effort to locate and eliminate government waste → una campaña para identificar y eliminar las áreas de ineficacia en el gobierno
to go to waste → echarse a perder, desperdiciarse
it's a waste of money → es dinero perdido, es tirar or derrochar el dinero
it's a waste of time → es una pérdida de tiempo
it's a waste of effort → es un esfuerzo inútil
that man's a waste of space! → ¡ese hombre es un inútil!

2. (= rubbish) → basura f, desperdicios mpl; (= waste material, substance) → desechos mpl, residuos mpl
household waste → basura f doméstica
human waste → excrementos mpl
nuclear waste → desechos mpl or residuos mpl nucleares
toxic waste → desechos mpl or residuos mpl tóxicos

3. (= leftover material) → material m sobrante

4. wastes the barren wastes of the Sahara → las áridas y baldías inmensidades del Sáhara

B. VT

1. (= use inefficiently, squander) [+ water, electricity, gas] → derrochar; [+ money] → malgastar, derrochar; [+ time] → perder; [+ life] → echar a perder; [+ space, opportunity] → desaprovechar, desperdiciar; [+ food] → desperdiciar, echar a perder; [+ talent] → desaprovechar
I wasted a whole day on that journey → perdí un día entero haciendo ese viaje
don't waste your time trying to persuade her → no pierdas el tiempo intentando persuadirla
to waste no time in doing sth → no tardar en hacer algo
don't waste your efforts on him → no derroches tus esfuerzos or energías con él
all my efforts were wasted → todos mis esfuerzos fueron inútiles
sarcasm is wasted on him → con él el sarcasmo es inútil
caviar is wasted on him → no sabe apreciar el caviar
nothing is wasted → no se desperdicia nada, no se echa a perder nada
you're wasting your breath! → ¡estás gastando saliva!

2. (= weaken) [+ muscles] → atrofiar
cancer was wasting his body → el cáncer lo estaba consumiendo or debilitando

3. (US) (= kill) → cargarse, liquidar

C. VI

1. waste not, want not → quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades

2. = waste away

D. ADJ

1. (= for disposal) [material] → de desecho; [gas, oil] → residual

2. (= leftover) [paper, fabric] → sobrante; [heat] → residual

3. (= unused) [ground] → baldío, yermo

4. to lay waste [+ country, area, town] → devastar, asolar
to lay waste to sth → devastar algo, asolar algo

E. CPD waste disposal N (industrial) → eliminación f de los desechos or residuos; [of household waste] → eliminación f de la basura doméstica; (= device) = waste disposal unit waste disposal unit N → triturador m de basura
waste heat N → calor m residual
waste management N → tratamiento m de desechos, tratamiento m de residuos
waste material N → material m de desecho
waste matter N (industrial) → residuos mpl; (from body) → excrementos mpl
waste paper N → papel m de desecho
waste pipe N → tubería f de desagüe
waste products NPL (industrial) → residuos mpl; (from body) → excrementos mpl
waste water N → aguas fpl residuales

waste away VI + ADV [person] → consumirse; [muscles] → atrofiarse
you're not exactly wasting away (iro) → no es que te hayas consumido precisamente

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waste

[ˈweɪst]

n

(= unnecessary use) [money] → gaspillage m; [substance] → perte f; [time] → perte f
It's a waste of money → C'est un gaspillage d'argent.
It's a waste of time → C'est une perte de temps.
it's a waste of time doing sth → c'est une perte de temps que de faire qch
it's such a waste! → c'est vraiment du gaspillage!
what a waste! → quel gaspillage!
to go to waste → être gaspillé(e)
to reduce waste → réduire le gaspillage

(= unwanted material) → déchets mpl
household waste → déchets ménagers
nuclear waste → déchets nucléaires
industrial waste → déchets industriels

to lay sth waste, to lay waste to sth → dévaster qch

modif

[energy, heat] → des déchets
a waste energy site → une installation de coïncinération waste materials

[land, ground] (in city) → à l'abandon; (in country) → en friche

vt

(= use too much of) [+ money, water, fuel] → gaspiller
I don't like wasting money → Je n'aime pas gaspiller l'argent.

(= not use properly) [+ time] → perdre; [+ opportunity] → gâcher
There's no time to waste → Il n'y a pas de temps à perdre.
to waste time doing sth → perdre du temps à faire qch
to waste a good scoring chance → vendanger une belle occasion de but
you're wasting your time → vous perdez votre temps wastes

npl (= barren areas) → mornes fpl étendues

waste away

vi → dépérir

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waste

adj (= superfluous) → überschüssig, überflüssig; (= left over) → ungenutzt; land → brachliegend, ungenutzt; waste food → Abfall m; waste material/matter → Abfallstoffe pl; to lay something waste, to lay waste to something (liter: = annihilate) → etw verwüsten

n

→ Verschwendung f; (= unusable materials) → Abfall m; it’s a waste of time/money → es ist Zeit-/Geldverschwendung; it’s a waste of your time and mine → das ist nur (eine) Zeitverschwendung für uns beide; it’s a waste of effort → das ist nicht der Mühe (gen) → wert; he’s/it’s a waste of space (inf) → er/das taugt nichts; to go to waste (food) → umkommen; (training, money, land) → ungenutzt sein/bleiben, brachliegen; (talent etc) → verkümmern

(= waste material) → Abfallstoffe pl; (in factory) → Schwund m; (= rubbish) → Abfall m; metal waste → Metallabfall m

(= land, expanse) → Wildnis f no pl, → Einöde f; the snowy wastes of Siberia → die Schneewüsten pl → Sibiriens

vt

(= use badly or wrongly) → verschwenden, vergeuden (→ on an +acc, → für); food → verschwenden; life, time → vergeuden, vertun; opportunity → vertun; you’re wasting your time → das ist reine Zeitverschwendung, damit vertust du nur deine Zeit; don’t waste my time → stiehl mir nicht meine Zeit; you didn’t waste much time getting here! (inf) → da bist du ja schon, du hast ja nicht gerade getrödelt! (inf); all our efforts were wasted → all unsere Bemühungen waren umsonst or vergeblich; nothing is wasted → es wird nichts verschwendet; your work won’t be wasted → deine Arbeit ist nicht vergeblich or umsonst getan; he didn’t waste any words in telling me … → ohne viel(e) Worte zu machen or zu verlieren, sagte er mir …; to waste oneself on somebody → sich an jdn verschwenden; I wouldn’t waste my breath talking to him → ich würde doch nicht für den meine Spucke vergeuden! (inf); don’t waste your efforts on him → vergeuden Sie keine Mühe mit ihm!; Beethoven/your joke is wasted on him → Beethoven/dein Witz ist an den verschwendet or vergeudet; you’re wasted in this job → Sie sind zu schade für diese Arbeit

(= weaken) → auszehren; strength → aufzehren

(= lay waste) → verwüsten

(inf: = kill) → kaltmachen (inf)

vi (food) → umkommen; (skills) → verkümmern; (body) → verfallen; (strength, assets) → schwinden; waste not, want not (Prov) → spare in der Zeit, so hast du in der Not (Prov)

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waste

:

waste disposal

n → Müllbeseitigung f, → Abfallentsorgung f

waste disposal unit

n → Müllschlucker m

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waste

:

waste gas

n (Tech) → Abgas nt

waste heat

n (from engine etc) → Abwärme f

waste heat recovery

n → Abwärmerückgewinnung f

wasteland

n → Ödland nt; (fig) → Einöde f

waste management

n → Abfallentsorgung f

waste oil

n → Altöl nt

wastepaper

n → Papierabfall m; (fig) → Makulatur f

wastepaper basket

n → Papierkorb m; they go straight into the waste → die wandern sofort in den Papierkorb

wastepaper collection

n → Altpapiersammlung f

waste pipe

n → Abflussrohr nt

waste product

n → Abfallprodukt nt

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waste

:

waste recovery

n → Abfallaufbereitung f, → Müllaufbereitung f

waste recycling

n → Abfallverwertung f, → Müllverwertung f

waste reprocessing plant

n → Abfallwiederaufbereitungsanlage f, → Müllverwertungswerk nt

waste separation

n → Abfalltrennung f, → Mülltrennung f

waste water

n → Abwasser nt

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waste

[weɪst]

1. adj (material) → di scarto; (food) → avanzato/a; (land, ground, in city) → abbandonato/a, desolato/a; (in country) → incolto/a
to lay waste → devastare

2. n

a. (gen) → spreco; (of time) → perdita
it's a waste of money → è uno spreco di denaro
it's a waste of effort → è fatica sprecata
it's a waste of breath → è fiato sprecato
it's a waste of time doing that → è tempo sprecato
to go to waste → andare sprecato/a

b. (waste material, industrial, chemical) → scorie fpl; (rubbish) → spazzatura, immondizia, rifiuti mpl
nuclear waste → scorie mpl radioattive

c. (land, often pl) → distesa desolata
desert waste → landa desertica

3. vt (gen) → sprecare; (time, opportunity) → perdere, sprecare
you didn't waste much time finding a replacement! (iro) → non hai perso tempo a rimpiazzarmi!
he's wasted in that job → è sprecato in quel lavoro
sarcasm is wasted on him → non afferra il sarcasmo
to waste one's breath → sprecare (il) fiato
waste not, want not (Proverb) → chi risparmia guadagna

waste away vi + adv → deperire, consumarsi

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waste

(weist) verb

to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions. mors, vermors يُضَيِّع، يُبَدِّد пилея desperdiçar plýtvat, promarnit verschwenden spilde σπαταλώ, χαραμίζωdesperdiciar, malgastar raiskama تلف شدن tuhlata gaspiller לְבַזבֵּז बरबाद करना izgubiti elpazarol menyia-nyiakan eyða, sóa sprecare 浪費する 허비하다 veltui eikvoti, gaišinti tērēt; šķiest membuang, membazir verspillenkaste bort, sløse, ødeleggemarnowaćdesperdiçar a irosi, a pierde напрасно тратить premárniť zapravljati protraćiti slösa [bort] ใช้ไปอย่างเปล่าประโยชน์ boşa harcamak 浪費 даремно витрачати; марнувати برباد ہونا lãng phí 浪费

noun

1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material. afval نُفايَه، فُضالَه отпадък desperdícios zmetek; odpad; odpadový der Abfall, Abfall-... affald; affalds- απορρίμματα, απόβληταresiduos jääde پسماند jäte déchetsפסולת कचरा otpad hulladék bahan sampah, barang sisa úrgangur scarto; di scarto 廃棄物 쓰레기 atliekos paliekas; atkritumi sesuatu yang membazir afvalavfall, skrap, søppelodpady desperdícios deşeuri, rebu­turi отходы odpad; odpadový odpadki; odpaden otpad avfall ของเสีย; ขยะ atık madde, çöp 廢料，廢棄物 відходи بے کار rác thải 废料

2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity. vermorsing ضَياع пилеене perda promarněný die Verschwendung en forspildt mulighed σπατάλη, άδικο χάσιμο desperdicio, pérdida raiskamine اتلاف tuhlaus gaspillage לְהִתבַּזבֵּז बरबादी gubitak pazarlás pemborosan, pembuangan eyðsla, sóun spreco, perdita 浪費 낭비 eikvojimas veltui, praradimas izšķiešana; velta tērēšana mensia-siakan verspillingsløsing, sløseri zmarnowanie, strata perda irosire потеря; трата premárnenie, mrhanie zapravljanje traćenje slöseri การสูญเสียไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์ israf, ziyan 浪費 зайва витрата; втрата بربادی lãng phí 浪费

3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes. wildernis أرْض خَراب أو غَيْر خَصْبَه пустош ermo pustina die Einöde ødemark έρημη έκταση terreno baldío/yermo kõnnumaa ضايعات erämaa terres désolées שממה बंजर pustopoljina pusztaság padang belantara eyðimörk, öræfi, auðn (terreno incolto/desolato) 荒地 황무지 dykvietė tuksnesis; plašumi tanah tandus woestenij øde-/villmark pustkowie ermo de­şert простор; пустыня pustatina pustinja pustara ödemark พื้นที่ที่ไม่ได้ใช้ประโยชน์ ıssız yer, boş arazi 荒地，荒涼水域，荒漠 пустеля بنجر hoang mạc 荒地

ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun

loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage. vermorsing, afval خَسارَه، تَلَف загуба desperdício ztráta der Verlust svind απώλεια desperdicio, pérdida; despilfarro kadu كاهش hävikki perteבזבוז बरबादी, फुजुलखर्ची gubitak hulladék jumlah yang terbuang eyðing, rÿrnun; það sem fer til spillis rifiuti, scarti 損失高 소모 nuostolis zudumi pembaziran, kerugian verliessvinn, spillstratadesperdício uzură убыток strata izguba otpad slöseri, svinn, bortfall การสูญเสีย; จำนวนที่สูญเสีย israf 浪費(的數量) усушка; втрати بربادی sự lãng phí 浪费，损耗量

ˈwasteful adjective

involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful. vermorsend تَبْذيري، فيه مَضْيَعَه разточителен desperdiçado neúsporný verschwenderisch ødsel σπάταλοςderrochador, despilfarrador raiskajalik اسراف كار tuhlaavainen gaspilleur בְּזבּזָנִי बरबादी rastrošan, pust pazarló mubazir eyðslusamur sprecone spreco 不経済な 헛된 nuostolingas, išlaidus izšķērdīgs membazir verkwistenduøkonomiskrozrzutny, marnotrawny desperdiçado risi­pitor расточительный márnotratný potraten rasipnički slösaktig ซึ่งฟุ่มเฟือย; สิ้นเปลือง müsrif, savurgan (造成)浪費的 марнотратний فضول خرچ gây lãng phí 浪费的

ˈwastefully adverb

vermorsend بِتَبْذير، بِمضْيَعَه разточително desperdiçadamente marnotratně verschwenderisch ødselt σπάταλα derrochadoramente, despilfarradoramente raiskavalt اسراف كارانه tuhlaavaisesti en gaspillant בְּבִּזבּוּז फुजुलखर्ची से rastrošno, pusto pazarlóan secara mubazir á eyðslusaman hátt (sprecando) むだに 헛되게 nuostolingai izšķērdīgi secara membazir verkwistenduøkonomisk, sløsende rozrzutnie desperdiçadamente fără economie расточительно márnotratne potratno rasipnički slösaktigt อย่างฟุ่มเฟือย isaraf ederek 浪費地 марнотратно فضول خرچی سے một cách lãng phí 浪费地

ˈwastefulness noun

vermorsendheid إضاعَه، تَبْذير разточеителност desperdício rozhazovačnost die Verschwendung ødselhed σπατάληdesperdicio; derroche, despilfarro raiskamine اسراف كاري tuhlaavaisuus manque d'économie בזבוז फुजुलखर्ची rastrošnost, pustoš könnyelműség kemubaziran eyðslusemi spreco むだ 헛됨 eikvojimas, švaistymas izšķērdība sifat membazir verspillingsløseri, dårlig økonomi marnotrawstwodesperdício risipă расточительность márnotratnosť potratnost rasipništvo slösaktighet ความฟุ่มเฟือย israf, ziyankârlık 浪費 марнотратство فضول خرچی sự gây ra lãng phí 浪费

waste paper

paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper. afvalpapier وَرَق نِفايات، وَرَق مُهْمَلات амабалажна хартия papel usado starý papír das Abfall-/Altpapier papiraffald χαρτί για πέταμα papeles usados, papel desechado jäätmepaber كاغذ باطله jätepaperi papier פְּסוֹלֶת נְייָר रद्दी otpadni papir papírszemét sampah kertas bréfarusl (carta straccia) 紙くず 휴지 makulatūra makulatūra surat khabar terbuang scheurpapier papiravfallmakulatura papéis usados maculatură ненужная бумага odpadkový papier odpaden papir korpa za otpatke pappersskräp กระดาษที่ทิ้งแล้ว lüzumsuz kâğıt 廢紙 макулатура ردی giấy lộn 废纸

wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə)

a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket. afvalbak, snippermandjie سَلَّة وَرَق مُهْمَلات кошче за амбалажна хартия cesto de papéis usados koš na papír der Papierkorb papirkurv καλάθι αχρήστωνpapelera paberikorv سطل كاغذ باطله paperikori corbeille à papier סַל נְייָרוֹת रद्दी की टोकरी košara za otpadni papir papírkosár keranjang sampah ruslakarfa (cestino per la carta straccia) 紙くず籠 휴지통 šiukšlių dėžė papīrgrozs bakul atau bekas untuk membuang surat khabar terbuang papiermandpapirkurvkosz na śmieci cesto dos papéis coş de hârtii корзин(к)а для (ненужных) бумаг odpadkový kôš na papier koš za papir korpa za otpatke papperskorg ตะกร้าที่ใส่เศษกระดาษที่ทิ้งแล้ว çöp sepeti 廢紙簍 кошик для непотрібних паперів ردی کی ٹوکری thùng đựng giấy lộn 废纸篓

waste pipe (ˈweispaip)

a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked. afvoerpyp أنبوب نِفايات отходна тръба cano de esgoto odpadní roura das Abflußrohr afløbsrør σωλήνας αποχέτευσηςdesagüe äravoolutoru لوله فاضلاب viemäriputki vidange צִינוֹר שוֹפכִין निकास पाइप odvodna cijev lefolyócső pipa limbah skolpleiðsla (tubazione di scarico) 排水管 배수관 šiukšliavamzdis notekcaurule paip kumbahan afvoerbuisavløpsrør rura ściekowa cano de esgoto ţeavă de scurgere сливная труба odpadová rúra odvodna cev kanalizaciona cev avloppsrör ท่อน้ำเสีย pis su borusu (洗碗(臉)槽的)污水管 стічна труба گندے پانی کو باہر نکالنے والی نلکی ống dẫn nước thải 下水管道，排污水管

waste away

to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease. vergaan, verteer يهزُل، يَضْعُف، يَفْقِد قُوَّتَه слабея definhar chřadnout dahinsiechen sygne hen λιώνω, εξαντλούμαιconsumirse, demacrarse kuhtuma, otsa lõppema تحليل رفتن riutua dépérir לְהֵיחַלֵש घुलना, दुर्बल होना propadati, slabjeti lesoványodik merosot veslast upp, hnigna deperire 衰弱する 쇠약해지다 menkti, nykti vārgt; nīkt; dilt semakin susut wegkwijnentære bort, utmagres, utpines marnieć, usychać definhar a slăbi; a se şubrezi чахнуть chradnúť hirati slabiti försvagas, tyna bort เน่าเสีย; ทรุดโทรม eriyip bitmek, tükenmek 日漸衰弱(消瘦) всихати; марніти کمزور ہونا gầy mòn 变得衰弱（消瘦）

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waste

→ ضَيَاع, يُبَدِّدُ plýtvání, plýtvat spild, spilde verschwenden, Verschwendung σπατάλη, σπαταλώ desperdiciar, desperdicio tuhlata, tuhlaus gaspillage, gaspiller otpad, rasipati rifiuto, sprecare 浪費, 浪費する 낭비, 낭비하다 afval, verspillen avfall, sløse (bort) odpady, zmarnować desperdiçar, desperdício расточительство, тратить впустую slösa bort, sopor ใช้ไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์, การสูญเสียโดยเปล่าประโยชน์ israf, israf etmek phung phí, sự phung phí 浪费

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waste

n. desperdicio, residuo, gasto inútil; merma, pérdida;

___ of time → pérdida de tiempo;

v. desperdiciar, desgastar, malgastar;

to ___ away → demacrarse, consumirse.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

waste

n desechos, residuos; hazardous — desechos or residuos peligrosos; medical — desechos or residuos médicos; metabolic — desechos or residuos metabólicos; vt desperdiciar; (money) malgastar; We don't want to waste health care dollars..No queremos malgastar recursos sanitarios.

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