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1 waste away
(to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc: He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.) chřadnout -
2 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) plýtvat, promarnit2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) zmetek; odpad; odpadový2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) promarněný3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) pustina•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *• plýtvání• promarnit• promrhat• odpad• odpadový• mrhání -
3 pack off
(to send away, usually quickly and without wasting time: They packed the children off to bed early.) poslat, vypravit, uložit
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wasting away — index decadent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
act of wasting away — index decline Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wasting away — noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse • Syn: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting • Derivationally related forms: ↑atrophy (for: ↑atrophy) • Hypernyms: ↑symptom … Useful english dictionary
wasting — noun 1. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse • Syn: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting away • Derivationally related forms: ↑atrophy (for: ↑atrophy) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Wasting — could also mean unefficient and/or uneffective consumption. See waste. In medical circles, wasting refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to waste away. Wasting is sometimes referred to as acute… … Wikipedia
wasting asset — A term often used to describe an option because of its limited life. Shortly before its expiration, an out of the money option has only time value, which declines rapidly. For an in the money option, only intrinsic value is left upon expiration.… … Financial and business terms
Wasting — Waste Waste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. g[^a]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wasting — wast·ing || weɪstɪŋ adj. destroying, damaging; weakening, draining, exhausting; thinning weɪst n. squandering, misuse, disuse; destruction, ruin, loss; desolation, wasteland; desert; refuse, rubbish, garbage; sewage v. squander, misspend,… … English contemporary dictionary
waste away — ˌwaste a ˈway [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they waste away he/she/it wastes away present participle wasting away past tense … Useful english dictionary
waste away — {v.} To become more thin and weak every day. * /Jane is wasting away with tuberculosis./ * /After Mrs. Barnes died, her husband wasted away with grief./ … Dictionary of American idioms
waste away — {v.} To become more thin and weak every day. * /Jane is wasting away with tuberculosis./ * /After Mrs. Barnes died, her husband wasted away with grief./ … Dictionary of American idioms
