waste: Information About The Word 'waste'

waste is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'waste' is made up of 5 letters.

Meanings:
  • (n) 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"
  • (n) 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"
  • (n) the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
  • (n) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
  • (n) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
  • (s) disposed of as useless; "waste paper"
  • (s) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
  • (v) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
  • (v) use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
  • (v) get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
  • (v) run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
  • (v) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
  • (v) spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
  • (v) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
  • (v) cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
  • (v) devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
  • (v) waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
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Using the word 'waste' in Scrabble will fetch you 8 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 9 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'waste'

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Words Containing 'waste'

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Points in Scrabble for waste8
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Number of Letters in waste5
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