waste

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  • 9. februar 2013 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste navneord engelsk

    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"

  • 4. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste navneord engelsk

    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"

  • 4. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste navneord engelsk

    the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

  • 4. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste navneord engelsk

    an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

  • 4. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste navneord engelsk

    (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

  • 22. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste udsagnsord engelsk

    become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

  • 31. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

    waste tillægsord engelsk

    located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"