waste

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

gaspiller

gaspillage

déchet

prodiguer

rebut

perdre

dissiper

gâcher

perte

déchets

gâchis

désert

🏜️

détruire

débris

dilapider

dévaster

tuer

🔪🩸👤

ruiner

dépérir

supprimer

ravager

abattre

résidu

ordures

ordure

🗑️

liquider

amaigrir

consommer

détritus

dépêcher

épuiser

démolir

répandre

fragments

écraser

disparaître

disparaitre

battre

diminuer

consumer

miettes

mater

manquer

assassiner

abîmer

macérer

détériorer

languir

inculte

déserter

🏜️

Synonymes

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

Traductions

verschwenden

sprecare

Abfall

vergeuden

Müll

spreco

malgastar

desperdiciar

Verschwendung

verkwisten

basura

lixo

🗑️

sperperare

desperdiçar

afval

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/weɪst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wast

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: wuosti

Appartenant à allemand: wüst

Appartenant à Old Saxon: wōsti

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wēste

Hérité de moyen anglais: wasten

Appartenant à français: gâter

Appartenant à moyen anglais: westen

Appartenant à anglais: weest

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: wuostan

Appartenant à allemand: wüsten

Appartenant à ancien anglais: 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”).

Phrases

They certainly did not waste it either .

Ils ne l'ont certainement pas gaspillé non plus.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Volez la nuit et vous perdez peu de temps.

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

Il peut également y avoir des installations ou des équipements de traitement de la pollution ou de traitement des déchets.

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

Les forêts tropicales sont épuisées, nous avons transformé la planète en un terrain de déchets.