waste+away

  • 51waste —   Ho omāunauna, ho opau, uha uha.   Also: ho omāuna, māuna, uha, kae; away, emi, hōki i, māilo, ho omāilo, māio, ho omāio, ho okilo, mae.   Waste matter, nā mea ino, ōpala, moka.   To eat wastefully, ai uha uha.   To waste food, ho opau ai (fig …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 52waste — /weɪst/ noun material left over from a production process which is of no value and is thrown away ■ verb to use more than is needed ● to waste money or paper or electricity or time ● The MD does not like people wasting his time with minor details …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 53waste — 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

  • 54waste pipe — 1. a pipe for draining liquid waste or excess liquids. 2. Plumbing. a pipe for draining away the wastes of a building other than those from water closets. Cf. soil pipe. [1505 15] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 55waste time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, doodle, drag, falter, flag, footle, fribble, fritter away time, goof off, halt, kill time, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56waste paper — noun (U) paper that has been thrown away, especially because it has already been used …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 57Waste — F/A/V Shining a light on an object, then slowing turning the light away so that some of the light will miss or fall off the object. (Lighting) …

    Audio and video glossary

  • 58waste·pa·per — /ˈweıstˈpeıpɚ/ noun [noncount] : paper that you throw away because it has been used or is not needed …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59dribble away — Synonyms and related words: ablate, atrophy, blow, blunder away, consume, consume away, dally away, decrease, deplete, depreciate, diddle away, dissipate, drain, drivel, drivel away, emaciate, erode, fool away, fritter, fritter away, idle away,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 60wear away — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, abrade, abrase, absorb, abstract, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be all over, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, be no more, become extinct, become void, bite, bleed white, blow over, break, break up …

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