Waste

wāst, adj. empty, desert: desolate: usele , vain: stripped: lying unused: unproductive.— v.t. to lay waste or make desolate: to destroy: to wear out gradually: to squander: to diminish: to impair.— v.i. to be diminished: to dwindle: to be consumed.— n. act of wasting: usele expenditure: superfluous material, stuff left over: lo : destruction: that which is wasted or waste: uncultivated country: desert: refuse, as of coal, .: decay, decline: ( law ) natural but permanent injury to the inheritance.— ns. Wās′tage , lo by use, natural decay; Waste′-bas′ket , Waste′paper-bas′ket , a basket for holding usele scraps of paper; Waste′-book , a book in which merchants make entries of transactions in order as they occur, and for a temporary purpose.— adj. Waste′ful , full of waste: destructive: lavish: ( Spens. ) desolate.— adv. Waste′fully .— ns. Waste′fulne ; Waste′-gate , a gate for discharging surplus water from a dam, .; Wās′ten ( Spens. ), a desert; Waste′ne ( B. ), devastation; Waste′-pipe , a pipe for carrying off waste or surplus water; Wās′ter , one who or that which wastes: a spendthrift: a destroyer: an article spoilt in the making.— adj. Wās′ting , devastating: enfeebling—( Wasting investments , stocks redeemable on a certain date at a fixed price, for which a premium above the redemption price is paid).— ns. Wās′ting , devastation; Wās′trel , refuse: anything neglected, a neglected child: ( dial. ) a profligate; Wās′try ( Scot. ), prodigality.— adj. improvident.— Waste lands , uncultivated and unprofitable tracts in populous and cultivated countries; Waste time , to employ time unprofitably or not at all.— Run to waste , to become incapable or usele .— Utilisation of waste products , the putting to other use of such material as is rendered either wholly or partially usele in the manufacture of articles and products—e.g. waste-silk is now a valuable raw material for a large spun-silk industry. [O. Fr. wast , gaste —L. vast us , waste; cf. A.S. wéste , Ger. wüst , desolate.]