Wasting
nnoun.stateany general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic diseaseSynset:cachexia cachexy
Derivationally Related Form:cachecticwaste
Hypernyms:debility feebleness frailness frailty infirmity valetudinarianism
Inherited Hypernyms:cachexiainfirmityunfitnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.statea decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuseSynset:atrophy wasting away
Derivationally Related Form:atrophy
Hypernyms:symptom
Inherited Hypernyms:atrophysymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:amyotrophiaamyotrophykraurosistabes
Full Hyponyms:amyotrophiakraurosiskraurosis vulvaetabes
vverb.possessionspend thoughtlessly; throw awaySynset:blow squander waste
Examples:- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Antonyms:conserve
Derivationally Related Form:wasterwastesquanderer
Hypernyms:expend use
Inherited Hypernyms:wasteuse
Direct Hyponyms:burn
Full Troponyms:burn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.consumptionuse inefficiently or inappropriatelyExamples:- waste heat
- waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
Derivationally Related Form:waste
Hypernyms:apply employ use utilise utilize
Inherited Hypernyms:wasteuse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionget rid ofExamples:- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
Derivationally Related Form:waste
Hypernyms:cast aside cast away cast out chuck out discard dispose fling put away throw away throw out toss toss away toss out
Inherited Hypernyms:wastediscardget rid of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionrun off as wasteSynset:run off waste
Examples:- The water wastes back into the ocean
Derivationally Related Form:runoffwaste
Hypernyms:course feed flow run
Inherited Hypernyms:wasterunmove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.contactget rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killingSynset:do in knock off liquidate neutralise neutralize waste
Examples:- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
Derivationally Related Form:liquidatorliquidation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: liquidate, waste, knock off, do in)
vverb.consumptionspend extravagantlySynset:consume squander ware waste
Derivationally Related Form:wasterwastesquanderingsquanderer
Hypernyms:drop expend spend
Inherited Hypernyms:consumespendpaygivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:dissipatedrinkflingfoolfool awayfritterfritter awayfrivol awaylavishluxuriateoverspendshootshowersplurgetopewanton
Full Troponyms:drinkfritterlavishluxuriateoverspendsplurge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: waste)
vverb.changelose vigor, health, or flesh, as through griefSynset:languish pine away waste
Examples:- After her husband died, she just pined away
Derivationally Related Form:wastagelanguisher
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:pine awayweakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changecause to grow thin or weakSynset:emaciate macerate waste
Examples:- The treatment emaciated him
Derivationally Related Form:macerationwastageemaciationwasting
Hypernyms:debilitate drain enfeeble
Inherited Hypernyms:wasteenfeebleweakenchange
Causes:emaciate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.changecause extensive destruction or ruin utterlySynset:desolate devastate lay waste to ravage scourge waste
Examples:- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Derivationally Related Form:wasterdesolationravagingravagedevastationscourge
Hypernyms:destroy ruin
Inherited Hypernyms:lay waste todestroy
Direct Hyponyms:ruin
Full Troponyms:ruin
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.bodybecome physically weakerSynset:rot waste
Examples:- Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
Derivationally Related Form:wastage
Hypernyms:degenerate deteriorate devolve drop
Inherited Hypernyms:wastedevolveworsenchange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:gangrenemortifynecrosesphacelate
Full Troponyms:necrose
Sentence Frame:Something ---s