waste

Etymology 1
From, , from , , , from , from , , from.

Displaced native and. Largely overtook and.

Noun

 * 1)  of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
 * 2)  or urine.
 * 3) A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
 * 4) A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
 * 5) A large tract of uncultivated land.
 * 6)  The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
 * 7) A vast expanse of water.
 * 8) A disused mine or part of one.
 * 9) The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
 * 10) Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
 * 11) Gradual loss or decay.
 * 12) A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
 * 13)   or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
 * 14)  A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
 * 15)   Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
 * 1) Gradual loss or decay.
 * 2) A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
 * 3)   or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
 * 4)  A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
 * 5)   Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: tullantı
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: rubo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Irish: dríodar
 * Italian:, , (garbage)
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: eiectamenta
 * Latvian: atkritumi
 * Luxembourgish:, Dreck
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: karaweta, paraweta, paranga, weta
 * Middle English: wast
 * Nepali: फोहोर, फोहर, कचरा,
 * Plautdietsch: Aufgank
 * Polish: śmieci
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: call, sgudal
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, smeće
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: відхо́ди, уті́ль, сміття́


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, dumi


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ødemark
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; ,
 * French:, terre en friche,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 荒れ地
 * Maori: tuakau
 * Middle English: wast
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, terreno baldío, , , , , andurrial
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: desyerto, ulila
 * Welsh: diffeithdir


 * Finnish: tuhoalue
 * Ottoman Turkish: خراب


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Middle English: wast
 * Spanish:, terreno baldío, , , ,


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: hylätty kaivos
 * Hungarian:, bányameddő


 * Azerbaijani: israf, israfçılıq, bədxərclik, nahaq yerə sərf etmə, əbəs yerə sərf edilmə
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: spild
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: tuhlaus
 * French:
 * German:, Vergeudung
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: vásta
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:, 無駄使い,
 * Korean: ,
 * Luxembourgish: Verschwendung
 * Middle English: wast
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: call, ana-caitheamh, cosg
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Uyghur: زايا


 * Finnish: ylimäärä,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: wegkwijning,
 * Finnish: rapistuminen,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: állagromlás
 * Italian:
 * Luxembourgish: Verfall
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bulok


 * Finnish: atropia


 * Finnish:
 * Middle English: wast


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: mereen päätyvä eroosioaines


 * Ido:

Adjective

 * 1)  Useless and contemptible.

Etymology 2
From, , from , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  Uncultivated, uninhabited.


 * 1) Barren; desert; empty.
 * 2) Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
 * 3) Superfluous; needless.
 * 4) Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
 * 5) Unfortunate; disappointing.
 * 1) Superfluous; needless.
 * 2) Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
 * 3) Unfortunate; disappointing.
 * 1) Unfortunate; disappointing.

Usage notes
Same meanings as wasted.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 荒れた
 * Middle English: wast
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàs
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: baog,, pagang
 * Ukrainian: пу́стка


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, liika-
 * German:
 * Italian:, di , di
 * Japanese:
 * Middle English: wast
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sobra,, higit, masyado


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, liika-
 * German:
 * Italian:, , non
 * Japanese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sobra,

Etymology 3
From, from , (compare also the variant  and 🇨🇬 from a related Old French word); the Anglo-Norman form waster was either from , from , or alternatively from , present active infinitive of  and influenced by the Frankish; the English word was assisted by similarity to native 🇨🇬 "to waste"; > 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, (Modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To devastate; to destroy.
 * 2)  To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
 * 3)  To kill; to murder.
 * 4)  To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
 * 5)  To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
 * 6)  To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
 * 7)  To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
 * 1)  To kill; to murder.
 * 2)  To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
 * 3)  To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
 * 4)  To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
 * 5)  To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
 * 1)  To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
 * 2)  To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
 * 3)  To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
 * 1)  To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
 * 1)  To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Synonyms

 * ,, (see also Thesaurus:kill)

Translations

 * Asturian: españar
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latgalian: sajaukt, izgubeit
 * Latvian: izpostīt, izputināt
 * Middle English: wasten
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: sirain, wasakin, gibain, puksain, lipulin, pinsalain, buwagin, iwalat, gunawing, pagtalikupan, ilugso, matupok, ilagpag,, iguho, lumansag, paguhuin
 * Ukrainian: спусто́шувати


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian: vārgt,
 * Middle English: wasten
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mabulok, bukbukin, manghina
 * Ukrainian: витрача́ти, зно́шуватися
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: malŝpari
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: mänettää
 * Irish: meath, meil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 無駄にする, ふいにする
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ຜານ
 * Latin: prōdigō
 * Latvian: izšķiest
 * Maori: maumau, tōtōa
 * Middle English: wasten
 * Ngazidja Comorian: latsa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , forspille, , skusle,
 * Old English: forspillan
 * Oromo: baraaxuu
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: sayangin, maglustay, iwaldas, aksayahin, mag-aksaya
 * Telugu: వృధా చేయు
 * Thai:, เสียเปล่า,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: витрача́ти, тра́тити, марнотра́тити
 * Walloon: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:, , fare fuori
 * Middle English: wasten
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: patayin, puksain, kitilin, likidahin, ligpitin


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian: novārdzināt
 * Middle English: wasten
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: svekke, avsvekke
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: emacia, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: hinaan
 * Telugu:


 * Ido:

Noun

 * 1) refuge, sanctuary

Etymology
Noun derived from the verb

Noun

 * 1) laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed.