wasting
Meaning of wasting
- causing a person or a part of the body to become progressively weaker and more emaciated.
a wasting disease
- use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
we can't afford to waste electricity
I don't use the car, so why should I waste precious money on it?
- (of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated.
she was visibly wasting away
- devastate or ruin (a place).
he seized their cattle and wasted their country
- (of time) pass away.
the years were wasting
Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e ) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus ‘unoccupied, uncultivated’.
Information about wasting
- The plural form of wasting is: wastings.
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Hyphenation of wasting
wast-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- wasting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wasting synonyms
Meaning cachexia:
Meaning atrophy:
Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:
Meaning spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully:
Meaning use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose:
Meaning bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on:
Meaning waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources):
Meaning use up (resources or reserves) completely:
Meaning cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry:
Meaning use up the supply or resources of:
Meaning use up (a resource):
Meaning (of wind) move creating an air current:
Meaning spend (money) freely or extravagantly:
Meaning (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled:
Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:
Meaning (of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning (of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way:
Meaning become progressively worse:
Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:
Meaning (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose:
Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:
Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak:
wasting antonyms
Meaning protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction:
Meaning (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment:
Meaning (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously:
Anagrams of wasting
Words that rhyme with wasting
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