All English words - page 6409

Meanings of Waste-basket:

noun

A container with an open top

Meanings of Waste-time:

phrase

To not make good use of the hours, etc. that you have available

Usage examples:

If you'd done your work instead of wasting time on your phone, you'd be finished by now., i try not…

Meanings of Wastebasket:

noun

A waste-paper basket.

Usage examples:

Drifts of paper - treaty drafts, industry talking points, environmentalist press releases - overflo…

Meanings of Wastebaskets:

noun

A waste-paper basket.

Usage examples:

Drifts of paper - treaty drafts, industry talking points, environmentalist press releases - overflo…

Meanings of Wastebin:

noun

A dustbin or rubbish bin.

Meanings of Wasted:

adjective

Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

Wasted fuel

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

Meanings of Wasteful:

adjective

(of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

Wasteful energy consumption

Meanings of Wastefully:

adverb

In a way that uses more of something than is necessary

Usage examples:

The project is wastefully expensive., why are we using energy so wastefully?

Meanings of Wasteland:

noun

An unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown.

Usage examples:

We'd creep through a hole in the fence on this bit of wasteland and play games in the bushes

Meanings of Wastelands:

noun

An unused area of land that has become barren or overgrown.

Usage examples:

We'd creep through a hole in the fence on this bit of wasteland and play games in the bushes

Meanings of Wasteman:

noun

A worthless, inadequate, or despicable person; a loser.

Meanings of Wastepaper:

noun

Paper that has been used, is no longer wanted, and has been thrown away

Usage examples:

The grass had been trampled into mud, and was strewn with waste paper., a waste paper recycling pla…

Meanings of Waster:

noun

A wasteful person or thing.

Usage examples:

You are a great waster of time

Meanings of Wasters:

noun

A wasteful person or thing.

Usage examples:

You are a great waster of time

Meanings of Wastes:

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

Meanings of Wastewater:

noun

Water that has been used in the home, in a business, or as part of an industrial process.

Usage examples:

This water recycling facility treats waste water so that it can be reused

Meanings of Wasting:

adjective

Causing a person or a part of the body to become progressively weaker and more emaciated.

Usage examples:

A wasting disease

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

Meanings of Wasting-away:

phrasal verb

(of a person or animal) to gradually get thinner and weaker, esp. from disease or lack of food

Usage examples:

It was hard to watch her waste away.

Meanings of Wasting-disease:

noun

A disease that causes a person to gradually become very thin and weak

Usage examples:

She suffers from a little-known muscle-wasting disease.

Meanings of Wastrel:

noun

A wasteful or good-for-nothing person.

Usage examples:

I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son

Meanings of Wastrels:

noun

A wasteful or good-for-nothing person.

Usage examples:

I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son

Meanings of Wat:

noun

(in thailand, cambodia, and laos) a buddhist monastery or temple.

Usage examples:

I suggested we sample a shadow-puppet show and stroll around the eccentrically decorated wats.

Meanings of Watch:

verb

Look at or observe attentively over a period of time.

Usage examples:

Lucy watched him go

noun

A small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist.

Usage examples:

My watch had stopped

Meanings of Watch over:

noun

The action of overwatch ; an instance of this.

phrasal verb

To protect someone and make certain that that person is safe

Usage examples:

She had to watch over four young children and take care of a sick husband.

Meanings of Watch-for:

phrasal verb

To be careful to notice someone or something interesting

Usage examples:

Watch out for his latest movie, out next month.