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Results for: "waste"

Translating from English to Chinese Simplified

Translations:

waste — useless by-products, garbage
→ 废物 (fèiwù)
waste — to squander
→ 浪费 (làngfèi)
→ 白费 (báifèi)
waste — action of wasting, ineffective use
→ 浪费 (làngfèi)

More translations:

waste
→ 浪费
waste
→ 废料
waste
→ 荒地

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 5

  1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

    • “they collect the waste once a week”
    • “much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers”
    Synonymswaste materialwaste matterwaste product

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

    • “if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste”
    • “mindless dissipation of natural resources”
    Synonymswastefulnessdissipation

  3. the trait of wasting resources

    • “a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste”
    • “the wastefulness of missed opportunities”
    Synonymsthriftlessnesswastefulness
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  1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

    • “the barrens of central Africa”
    • “the trackless wastes of the desert”
    Synonymsbarrenwasteland

  2. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

    Synonymspermissive waste

VERB 10

  1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

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

  2. use inefficiently or inappropriately

    • “waste heat”
    • “waste a joke on an unappreciative audience”

  3. get rid of

    • “We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer”
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  1. run off as waste

    • “The water wastes back into the ocean”
    Synonymsrun off

  2. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    • “The mafia liquidated the informer”
    • “the double agent was neutralized”
    Synonymsneutralizeneutraliseliquidateknock offdo in

  3. spend extravagantly

    • “waste not, want not”
    Synonymsconsumesquanderware

  4. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

    • “After her husband died, she just pined away”
    Synonymspine awaylanguish

  5. cause to grow thin or weak

    • “The treatment emaciated him”
    Synonymsemaciatemacerate

  6. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    • “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
    Synonymslay waste todevastatedesolateravagescourge

  7. become physically weaker

    • “Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world”
    Synonymsrot

ADJECTIVE 1

  1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

    • “a desert island”
    • “a godforsaken wilderness crossroads”
    • “a wild stretch of land”
    • “waste places”
    Synonymsgodforsakenwild