Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb waste
4 of 10 senses of waste
Sense 1
waste, blow, squander
=> burn
Sense 6
consume, squander, waste, ware
=> fritter, frivol away dissipate, shoot, fritter away fool, fool away
=> luxuriate, wanton
Sense 9
lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage
=> ruin
Sense 10
waste, rot
=> necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb waste
4 of 10 senses of waste
Sense 1
waste, blow, squander
=> burn
Sense 6
consume, squander, waste, ware
=> fritter, frivol away dissipate, shoot, fritter away fool, fool away
=> luxuriate, wanton
Sense 9
lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage
=> ruin
Sense 10
waste, rot
=> necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
Entailment of verb waste
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb waste
10 senses of waste
Sense 1
waste, blow, squander
=> use expend
Sense 2
waste
=> use utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 3
waste
=> discard, fling, toss toss out toss away chuck out cast aside, dispose, throw out cast out throw away cast away put away
Sense 4
waste, run off
=> run, flow, course
Sense 5
liquidate, waste, knock off do in
=> kill
Sense 6
consume, squander, waste, ware
=> spend, expend, drop
Sense 7
pine away waste, languish
=> weaken
Sense 8
waste, emaciate, macerate
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
Sense 9
lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 10
waste, rot
=> deteriorate, drop, degenerate
Familiarity of verb waste
waste used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 10)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb waste
Sense 1
waste, blow, squander
=> use expend
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Sense 2
waste
=> use utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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Sense 3
waste
=> discard, fling, toss toss out toss away chuck out cast aside, dispose, throw out cast out throw away cast away put away
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Sense 4
waste, run off
=> run, flow, course
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Sense 5
liquidate, waste, knock off do in
=> kill
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Sense 6
consume, squander, waste, ware
=> spend, expend, drop
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Sense 7
pine away waste, languish
=> weaken
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Sense 8
waste, emaciate, macerate
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
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Sense 9
lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage
=> destroy, ruin
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Sense 10
waste, rot
=> deteriorate, drop, degenerate
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Overview of verb waste
The verb waste has 10 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) waste, blow, squander -- (spend thoughtlessly; throw away "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends")
2. (8) waste -- (use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience")
3. waste -- (get rid of "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer")
4. waste, run off -- (run off as waste: "The water wastes back into the ocean")
5. liquidate, waste, knock off do in -- (get rid of kill; "The mafia liquidated the informer")
6. consume, squander, waste, ware -- (spend extravagantly; "waste not want not")
7. pine away waste, languish -- (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away")
8. waste, emaciate, macerate -- (cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him")
9. lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage -- (devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")
10. waste, rot -- (waste away "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world")
Overview of adj wasted
The adj wasted has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted -- (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words")
2. (1) squandered, wasted -- (not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort")
3. atrophied, wasted, diminished -- ((of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm")
4. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration")
5. blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted -- (made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape")
Antonyms of adj wasted
5 senses of wasted
Sense 1
otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA worthless) -> valuable
Sense 2
squandered, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA lost) -> found
Sense 3
atrophied (vs. hypertrophied), wasted, diminished
Sense 4
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat
Sense 5
blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA destroyed) -> preserved
Similarity of adj wasted
5 senses of wasted
Sense 1
otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted
=> worthless (vs. valuable)
Sense 2
squandered, wasted
=> lost (vs. found)
Sense 3
atrophied (vs. hypertrophied), wasted, diminished
Sense 4
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
=> thin (vs. fat), lean
Sense 5
blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted
=> destroyed (vs. preserved)
Attributes of adj wasted
Familiarity of adj wasted
wasted used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5)
Grep of adj wasted
wasted
Overview of verb waste
The verb waste has 10 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) waste, blow, squander -- (spend thoughtlessly; throw away "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends")
2. (8) waste -- (use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience")
3. waste -- (get rid of "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer")
4. waste, run off -- (run off as waste: "The water wastes back into the ocean")
5. liquidate, waste, knock off do in -- (get rid of kill; "The mafia liquidated the informer")
6. consume, squander, waste, ware -- (spend extravagantly; "waste not want not")
7. pine away waste, languish -- (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away")
8. waste, emaciate, macerate -- (cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him")
9. lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage -- (devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")
10. waste, rot -- (waste away "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world")
Overview of adj wasted
The adj wasted has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) otiose, pointless, superfluous, wasted -- (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words")
2. (1) squandered, wasted -- (not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort")
3. atrophied, wasted, diminished -- ((of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm")
4. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration")
5. blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted -- (made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape")
wasted definition
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