Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To lose energy or become weak and feeble.

    She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise.

    dahinsiechen

    ча́хнутьčáxnutʹ, зача́хнутьzačáxnutʹ, истоща́тьсяistoščátʹsja

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Eat more or you'll waste away!

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · cris · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He was wasted away by illness.

    deEr wurde durch Krankheit dahingerafft. — karstenenh

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  3. I wasted away to skin and bone.

    ruЯ стал кожа да кости. — Balamax

    deIch war nur noch Haut und Knochen. — Waldelfe

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
lose energy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lose energy:

Forms

wastes away, wasting away, wasted away, wasted away
Base formwaste away · to waste away
3rd person singularwastes away
Present participlewasting away
Past simplewasted away
Past participlewasted away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywaste away
he, she, itwastes away

Past simpleLesson

all personswasted away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wasted away
he, she, ithas wasted away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill waste away

Synonyms

1 synonyms
witherB1

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcachexia

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wastagewasteB1wastebasketwastefulB1wasteland
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