Usually means: Gradually diminish in health, size.
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  1. waste away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. waste away: Merriam-Webster
  3. waste away: Dictionary.com
  4. waste away: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. waste away: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. waste away: Wiktionary

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  1. waste away: Legal dictionary

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  1. waste away: Idioms

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  1. waste away: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (waste away)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To lose energy and/or become weak and feeble.

Similar:
waste, wither away, fade away, die away, wither, fail, fall away, wane, decline, run to waste, more...

Opposite:
thrive, flourish, prosper, bloom, grow

Phrases:
waste away as muscles, more...

Adjectives:
waste, weest, stale, fade, gone bad, spent, riven, fordone, exhaust, wearing, totalled

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Similar:
waste, wither away, fade away, die away, wither, fail, fall away, wane, decline, run to waste, more...

Opposite:
thrive, flourish, prosper, bloom, grow

Phrases:
waste away as muscles, more...

Adjectives:
waste, weest, stale, fade, gone bad, spent, riven, fordone, exhaust, wearing, totalled



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