25. waste left over; superfluous: to utilize the waste products of manufacture.
26. waste rejected as useless or worthless; refuse.
27. waste Physiol. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.
28. waste designed or used to receive or carry away useless material (often in combination): a waste pipe.
29. waste go to waste, to be wasted, rather than used or consumed.
30. waste lay waste, to devastate; destroy.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ONF waster (OF g(u)aster) < L vāstāre, der. of vāstus desolate; ONF w-, OF gu- by influence of c. Frankish *wōsti desolate (c. OHG wuosti))
Definition of 'WASTE'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
2. (noun)waste, wastefulness, dissipation useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
3. (noun)thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness the trait of wasting resources "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
4. (noun)barren, waste, wasteland an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
6. (verb)godforsaken, waste, wild located in a dismal or remote area; desolate "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
7. (verb)waste, blow, squander spend thoughtlessly; throw away "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
8. (verb)waste use inefficiently or inappropriately "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
9. (verb)waste get rid of "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
10. (verb)waste, run off run off as waste "The water wastes back into the ocean"
11. (verb)neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
13. (verb)pine away, waste, languish lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief "After her husband died, she just pined away"
14. (verb)waste, emaciate, macerate cause to grow thin or weak "The treatment emaciated him"
15. (verb)lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
16. (verb)waste, rot become physically weaker "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
3. (adj)WASTE lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous
4. (adj)WASTE to bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy
5. (adj)WASTE to wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out
6. (adj)WASTE to spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury
7. (adj)WASTE to damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay
8. WASTE the act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradualloss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc
9. WASTE that which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness
10. WASTE that which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc
11. WASTE spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder
12. WASTE old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse
13. (verb)WASTE to be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less
14. (verb)WASTE to procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc
Definitions of WASTE 
Afrikaans: mors, vermors
Arabic: يُضَيِّع، يُبَدِّد
Bulgarian: пилея
Brazilian: desperdiçar
Czech: plýtvat, promarnit
German: verschwenden
Danish: spilde
Greek: σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω
Spanish: desperdiciar, malgastar
Estonian: raiskama
Farsi: تلف شدن
Finnish: tuhlata
French: gaspiller
Hebrew: לְבַזבֵּז
Hindi: बरबाद करना
Croatian: izgubiti
Hungarian: elpazarol
Indonesian: menyia-nyiakan
Icelandic: eyða, sóa
Italian: sprecare
Japanese: 浪費する
Korean: 허비하다
Lithuanian: veltui eikvoti, gaišinti
Latvian: tērēt; šķiest
Malay: membuang, membazir
Dutch: verspillen
Norwegian: kaste bort, sløse, ødeleg
Polish: marnować
Portuguese: desperdiçar
Romanian: a irosi, a pierde
Russian: напрасно тратить
Slovak: premárniť
Slovenian: zapravljati
Serbian: protraćiti
Swedish: slösa [bort]
Thai: ใช้ไปอย่างเปล่าประโยชน์
Turkish: boşa harcamak
Taiwanese: 浪費
Ukrainian: даремно витрачати; марнув
Urdu: برباد ہونا
Vietnamese: lãng phí
Chinese: 浪费
