waste - Meaning in Tamil

waste - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of waste in English

waste adjective

1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

   Examples

   • "a desert island"
   • "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
   • "a wild stretch of land"
   • "waste places"

waste noun

1. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

   Examples

   • "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
   • "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
2. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
3. the trait of wasting resources

   Examples

   • "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"
   • "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

   Examples

   • "the barrens of central Africa"
   • "the trackless wastes of the desert"
5. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

   Examples

   • "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
   • "they collect the waste once a week"

waste verb

1. become physically weaker

   Example

   • "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   Example

   • "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
3. cause to grow thin or weak

   Example

   • "The treatment emaciated him"
4. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

   Example

   • "After her husband died, she just pined away"
5. spend extravagantly

   Example

   • "waste not, want not"
6. use inefficiently or inappropriately

   Examples

   • "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
   • "waste heat"
7. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

   Examples

   • "the double agent was neutralized"
   • "The mafia liquidated the informer"
8. run off as waste

   Example

   • "The water wastes back into the ocean"
9. get rid of

   Example

   • "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
10. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

    Examples

    • "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
    • "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

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