Collins English-English Dictionary

waste [weɪst]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail

2. 2. vt. [tr] to fail to take advantage of

   to waste an opportunity

3. 3. vt. [when intr, often foll by away] to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc

4. 4. vt. to exhaust or become exhausted

5. 5. vt. [tr] to ravage

6. 6. vt. [tr] [informal] to murder or kill

   I want that guy wasted by tomorrow

7. 7. n the act of wasting or state of being wasted

8. 8. n a failure to take advantage of something

9. 9. n anything unused or not used to full advantage

10. 10. n anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required

11. 11. n garbage, rubbish, or trash

12. 12. n a land or region that is devastated or ruined

13. 13. n a land or region that is wild or uncultivated

14. 14. n [physiol] the useless products of metabolism

15. 15. n indigestible food residue

16. 16. n disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion

17. 17. n [law] reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant

18. 18. adj rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless

19. 19. adj produced in excess of what is required

20. 20. adj not cultivated, inhabited, or productive

    waste land

21. 21. adj of or denoting the useless products of metabolism

22. 22. adj of or denoting indigestible food residue

23. 23. adj destroyed, devastated, or ruined

24. 24. adj designed to contain or convey waste products

25. 25. adj [Etymology] C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastare to lay waste, from vastus empty