waste

(Englisch)

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.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/weɪst/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: wast

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: wuosti

Verwandt mit Deutsch: wüst

Verwandt mit Old Saxon: wōsti

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: wēste

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: wasten

Verwandt mit Französisch: gâter

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: westen

Verwandt mit Englisch: weest

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: wuostan

Verwandt mit Deutsch: wüsten

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: 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”).

Konzepte

verschwenden

Abfall

vergeuden

Müll

Verschwendung

öde

wüst

🏜️

verwüsten

überflüssig

Ausschuss

töten

🔪🩸👤

Einöde

Vergeudung

verbrauchen

vernichten

umbringen

🔪🩸👤

erschlagen

zerstören

Öde

aufwenden

verschleudern

vertun

Wüste

🏜️

Ablauf

verlieren

verlassen

veröden

vergießen

Lumpen

verheeren

verödet

Ausschuß

umlegen

ausgießen

unbewohnt

Verfall

in Schutt und Asche legen

unbrauchbar

auseinanderjagen

ausschütten

aasen

erschöpfen

aufbrauchen

verfallen

verprassen

Rest

ermorden

aufzehren

erlöschen

erlegen

Synonyme

squander

garbage

🗑️

rubbish

loss

refuse

trash

destroy

spend

spoil

squandering

dissipate

consume

damage

desert

🏜️

lose

ruin

scrap

extravagance

wastefulness

use up

debris

wasteland

devastate

ravage

kill

🔪🩸👤

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

Sätze

They certainly did not waste it either .

Sie haben es sicherlich auch nicht verschwendet.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Fliege nachts und du verschwende wenig Zeit.

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

Möglicherweise gibt es auch Einrichtungen oder Ausrüstung für Verschmutzung oder Abfallbehandlungen.

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

Die Regenwälder sind erschöpft, wir verwandelten den Planeten in einen Abfallboden.