waste

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. (countable, uncountable) Excrement or urine.
3. (countable, uncountable) A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4. (countable, uncountable) A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large tract of uncultivated land.
6. (countable, historical, uncountable) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
7. (countable, uncountable) A vast expanse of water.
8. (countable, uncountable) A disused mine or part of one.
9. (countable, uncountable) The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
10. (countable, uncountable) Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
11. (countable, uncountable) Gradual loss or decay.
12. (countable, uncountable) A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
13. (countable, rare, uncountable) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
14. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

Adj

Useless and contemptible.

Adj

1. (archaic) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
2. Barren; desert; empty.
3. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
4. Superfluous; needless.
5. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
6. Unfortunate; disappointing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
2. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
3. (slang, transitive) To kill; to murder.
4. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
6. (intransitive) 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.

Sinonieme

squander

garbage

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rubbish

loss

refuse

trash

destroy

spend

spoil

squandering

dissipate

consume

damage

desert

🏜️

lose

ruin

scrap

extravagance

wastefulness

use up

debris

wasteland

devastate

ravage

kill

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decay

barren

dissipation

lavish

desolate

spoilage

litter

leftovers

wastage

wild

eliminate

useless

wilderness

misuse

dregs

wasteful

diminish

destruction

do in

junk

injury

knock off

wasting

exhaust

emaciate

Vertalings

gaspiller

verschwenden

Abfall

sprecare

vergeuden

Müll

spreco

desperdiciar

malgastar

gaspillage

Verschwendung

verkwisten

basura

déchet

lixo

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/weɪst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wast

Verwante met Old High German: wuosti

Verwante met Duits: wüst

Verwante met Old Saxon: wōsti

Verwante met Old English: wēste

Geërf van Middle English: wasten

Verwante met Frans: gâter

Verwante met Middle English: westen

Verwante met Engels: weest

Verwante met Old High German: wuostan

Verwante met Duits: wüsten

Verwante met Old English: wēstan

In summary

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”).

Sinne

They certainly did not waste it either .

Fly by night and you waste little time .

There may also be pollution control or waste treatment facilities or equipment .

The rainforests are depleted , we turned the planet into a waste ground .