waste

  • 51waste — (entrée créée par le supplément) (oua st ) s. f. Terrain nu et sans culture. •   Avant de pénétrer dans le village, j ai traversé des wastes ; ce mot s est trouvé au bout de mon crayon ; il appartenait à notre ancienne langue franque ; il peint… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 52waste — [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’ …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 53waste — See: go to waste, lay waste …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 54Waste —   See Biomass waste and Non biomass waste.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …

    Energy terms

  • 55waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 56waste — [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’ …

    Word origins

  • 57waste —   the unwanted by products of human activity. Create issues for disposal as much waste presents health dangers to people and other organisms, as well as problems of using up space …

    Geography glossary

  • 58waste — v To kill. After you waste him, throw the body in the river. 1960s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 59waste — weɪst n. squandering, misuse, disuse; destruction, ruin, loss; desolation, wasteland; desert; refuse, rubbish, garbage; sewage v. squander, misspend, misemploy; throw away; destroy, spoil; weaken, impoverish; consume; dwindle away; wither;… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 60waste n — waist n, waste away phr v …

    English expressions