waste
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- 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.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
Sinonieme
waste matter
lay waste to
be used up
waste material
bring to naught
interfere with
be wasteful
defective goods
squandering dissipation
rase
rid of
run out of
trifle away
well out
yield
be careless
be consumed
be finished
be wasted
fall in ruins
fress
handle roughly
let pass
lose flesh
make a mess of
reduce weight
suffer loss
wanton away
render futile
food offering
throw away as useless
poor economy
dry leaves
lavish spending
bring to nought
treat shabbily
treat frivolously
treat without respect
throw down the drain
throw around
dry soil
be extravagant with
lose in vain
simply waste
spend foolishly
wastrie
spend needlessly
faulty production
rejected material
be expended
wear out quickly
cast-offthing
squander exceptional
ravaged completely
ne’er do well
mill cull
leftover bits and pieces
wanton profusion
being wasteful
derelict land
extirpate
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/weɪst/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *wōstī (“a waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”). Displaced native Old English essian and strȳndan. Largely overtook Old English forspillan and weste.
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