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  • 31Waste — (w[=a]st), v. i. 1. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less; commonly used with away. [1913 Webster +PJC] The time wasteth night and day. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32Waste — 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 a… …

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  • 33Waste of Mind — Album par Zebrahead Sortie 13 octobre 1998 Enregistrement The Gallery, Sherman Oaks, Californie ; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, Californie ; Image Recording Studio, Hollywood Durée 48:08 …

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  • 34waste|pa|per — «WAYST PAY puhr», noun, adjective. –n. paper thrown away or to be thrown away as useless or worthless. –adj. of or for wastepaper: »a wastepaper basket …

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  • 35waste paper — n [U] paper that has been used and thrown away …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36Waste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Waste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consumption consumption expenditure exhaustion Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion &c. 73 Sgm: N 1 ebb ebb Sgm: N 1 leakage leakage &c.(exudation) 295 …

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  • 37waste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste more at vast Date: 13th century 1. a. a …

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  • 38waste — wastable, adj. wasteless, adj. /wayst/, v., wasted, wasting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words. 2. to fail or neglect to use: to …

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  • 39Waste collection vehicle — A waste collection vehicle (WCV), or colloquially called a Garbage Truck , Dustcart or Dustbin lorry is a truck specially designed to pick up smaller quantities of waste and haul it to landfills and other recycling or treatment facilities. They… …

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  • 40waste — [[t]weɪst[/t]] v. wast•ed, wast•ing, n. adj. 1) to consume or use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste natural resources[/ex] 2) to fail or neglect to use 3) to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore[/ex] 4)… …

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