Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To devastate; to destroy.

    verwüsten

    разрушатьrazrušatʹ, разорятьrazorjatʹ, опустошатьopustošatʹ

    спусто́шуватиspustóšuvaty

  2. (transitive)To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.

    We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.

    verschwenden, vergeben, verschenken

    тра́титьtrátitʹ, транжи́ритьtranžíritʹ, расточа́тьrastočátʹ

    витрача́тиvytračáty, тра́титиtrátyty, марнотра́титиmarnotrátyty

  3. (slang, transitive)To kill; to murder.

    töten, kalt machen

    гро́хатьgróxatʹ, гро́хнутьgróxnutʹ, укоко́шитьukokóšitʹ

  4. (transitive)To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

  5. (intransitive)To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.

    schwächen

  6. (intransitive)To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.

  7. To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

    verfallen

    тратитьtratitʹ, расходоватьrasxodovatʹ, изнашиватьсяiznašivatʹsja

    витрача́тиvytračáty, зно́шуватисяznóšuvatysja

More definitions
  • become physically weaker
  • cause to grow thin or weak
  • use inefficiently or inappropriately
  • run off as waste

Examples

1641 sentences

  1. We waste a lot of time.

    Ми багато часу марнуємо. — deniko

    ruМы тратим кучу времени. — paul_lingvo

    deWir verschwenden eine Menge Zeit. — xtofu80

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  2. Don't waste your time and money.

    Не марнуй свій час та гроші. — miketheknight

    ruНе трать понапрасну время и деньги. — sharptoothed

    deVerschwende nicht deine Zeit und dein Geld. — MUIRIEL

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  3. We have no time to waste.

    Ми не можемо марнувати часу. — deniko

    ruНам нельзя терять времени. — marafon

    deWir haben keine Zeit zu verlieren. — Manfredo

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  4. This is a waste of time.

    Це марнування часу. — deniko

    ruЭто потеря времени. — marafon

    deDas ist doch Zeitverschwendung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. It's a big waste of time.

    Це грандіозне марнування часу. — deniko

    ruЭто громадная потеря времени. — odexed

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste:
to squander:
to decay:
Русский
By meaning 4
to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste:
to squander:
slang: to kill:
to decay:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste:
to squander:
slang: to kill:
to weaken:
to decay:

Origin

From Middle English wasten (“to waste, lay waste”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French

From Middle English wasten (“to waste, lay waste”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French waster (“to waste, devastate”) (compare also the variant gaster and French gâter from a related Old French word); the Anglo-Norman form waster was either from Frankish *wōstijan (“to waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāsto- (“empty, wasted”), or alternatively from Latin vastāre and influenced by the Frankish; the English word was assisted by similarity to native Middle English westen ("to waste"; > English weest). Cognate with Old High German wuostan, wuastan, wuostjan (“to waste”) (Modern German wüsten), Old English wēstan (“to lay waste, ravage”).

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personswasted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill waste

Synonyms

24 synonyms
topA1devourduppy
to kill or murder:cack
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
conserve

Word family

14 related words
Relatedwasterwastagewasting
Derivedtime's a-wastingwaste awaywaste breathwastethriftwaste timewaste-timewastewaterwastinglywastrelwastywide-wasting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • waste of time
  • a waste of
  • be a waste
  • wasting my time
  • waste your time
  • wasting time
  • waste his time
  • wasting our time
  • let's not waste
  • not to waste
  • wasted a lot
  • waste her time

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
washroomwaspB2wastagewastebasketwastefulB1wasteland
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