waste

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/weɪst/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: wast

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: wuosti

Cognato com alemão: wüst

Cognato com Old Saxon: wōsti

Cognato com inglês arcaico: wēste

Herdado de inglês médio: wasten

Cognato com francês: gâter

Cognato com inglês médio: westen

Cognato com inglês: weest

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: wuostan

Cognato com alemão: wüsten

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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”).

Conceitos

lixo

🗑️

desperdiçar

desperdício

destruir

deserto

🏜️

gastar

matar

🔪🩸👤

ermo

esbanjar

refugo

dissipar

ruínas

escombros

assolar

devastar

dejeto

definhar

destroços

resíduo

degradação

desbaratar

descampado

desgaste

enlanguescer

exaurir

minguar

neutralizar

sumir-se

esbanjamento

resíduos

malbaratar

anti-econômico

safar

puir

gastar excessivamente

usar sem moderação

Resíduo

Resíduos

resíduos sólidos

malgastar

abater

prodigar

acabar

ajustar pagando

assassinar

🔪🩸👤

baldio

consumir

degeneração

desaparecer

diminuir

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

gaspiller

verschwenden

Abfall

sprecare

vergeuden

Müll

spreco

desperdiciar

malgastar

gaspillage

Verschwendung

verkwisten

basura

déchet

sperperare

Frases

They certainly did not waste it either .

Eles certamente também não desperdiçaram isso.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Voe à noite e você perde pouco tempo.

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

Também pode haver instalações ou equipamentos de controle de poluição ou tratamento de resíduos.

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

As florestas tropicais estão esgotadas, transformamos o planeta em um terreno de lixo.