Definition of wastes

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• wastes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• wastes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• wastes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of wastes

• cause to grow thin or weak (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. emaciate
  2. macerate
• run off as waste (verb)

  Examples

  1. The water wastes back into the ocean

  Synonyms

  1. run off
• spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb)

  Examples

  1. He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

  Synonyms

  1. blow
  2. squander
• become physically weaker (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. rot
• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. do in
  2. knock off
  3. liquidate
  4. neutralise
  5. neutralize
• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb)

  Examples

  1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

  Synonyms

  1. desolate
  2. devastate
  3. lay waste to
  4. ravage
  5. scourge
• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. languish
  2. pine away
• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adjective)

  Examples

  1. waste places

  Synonyms

  1. godforsaken
  2. wild
• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun)

  Examples

  1. the trackless wastes of the desert

  Synonyms

  1. barren
  2. wasteland
• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun)

  Examples

  1. if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste

  Synonyms

  1. dissipation
  2. wastefulness
• spend extravagantly (verb)

  Examples

  1. waste not, want not

  Synonyms

  1. consume
  2. squander
  3. ware
• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. permissive waste
• the trait of wasting resources (noun)

  Examples

  1. a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
  2. the wastefulness of missed opportunities

  Synonyms

  1. thriftlessness
  2. wastefulness
• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun)

  Examples

  1. they collect the waste once a week
  2. much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

  Synonyms

  1. waste material
  2. waste matter
  3. waste product
• get rid of (verb)

  Examples

  1. We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
• use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb)

  Examples

  1. waste heat
  2. waste a joke on an unappreciative audience

See definition of wastes in Merriam Webster