wasteth

Verb

waste (third-person singular simple present wastes, present participle wasting, simple past and past participle wasted)

1. (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
   • Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath wasted, / Art made a myrrour to behold my plight.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarie. Aegloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
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.

   Synonyms:

   devour

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

   Synonyms:

   cack

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.
   • until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 14:33

   Synonyms:

   devour

5. (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
6. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
   • […]The barrell of meale shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oile faile, vntill the day that the Lord sendeth raine vpon the earth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 17:14

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