waste in WordNet English dictionary

1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
   barren  waste  wasteland 
   
2. 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"
   waste  wastefulness  dissipation 
   
3. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
   waste  permissive waste 
   
4. the trait of wasting resources
   "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
   thriftlessness  waste  wastefulness 
   
5. 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"
   waste  waste material  waste matter  waste product 
   

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
   "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
   waste  blow  squander 
   
2. spend extravagantly
   "waste not, want not"
   consume  squander  waste  ware 
   
3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
   lay waste to  waste  devastate  desolate  ravage  scourge 
   
4. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
   neutralize  neutralise  liquidate  waste  knock off  do in 
   
5. cause to grow thin or weak
   "The treatment emaciated him"
   waste  emaciate  macerate 
   
6. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   "After her husband died, she just pined away"
   pine away  waste  languish 
   
7. become physically weaker
   "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
   waste  rot 
   
8. run off as waste
   "The water wastes back into the ocean"
   waste  run off 
   
9. use inefficiently or inappropriately
   "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
   waste 
   
10. get rid of
    "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
    waste 
    

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