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▸ noun:  Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
▸ noun:  Excrement or urine.
▸ noun:  A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
▸ noun:  A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
▸ noun:  A large tract of uncultivated land.
▸ noun:  (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
▸ noun:  A vast expanse of water.
▸ noun:  A disused mine or part of one.
▸ noun:  The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
▸ noun:  Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
▸ noun:  Gradual loss or decay.
▸ noun:  A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
▸ noun:  (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
▸ noun:  (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
▸ noun:  (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
▸ adjective:  (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.
▸ adjective:  (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
▸ adjective:  Barren; desert; empty.
▸ adjective:  Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
▸ adjective:  Superfluous; needless.
▸ adjective:  Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
▸ adjective:  Unfortunate; disappointing.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
▸ verb:  (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

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