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wasted |
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 -------------- 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 -------------- 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")
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