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1. (adj.) wasting
gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body:
a wasting disease.
2. wasting
laying waste; devastating:
a wasting war.
Etymology: (1200–50)
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| Definition of 'wasting' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cachexia, cachexy, wasting
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
2. (noun) atrophy, wasting, wasting away
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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| Definition of 'wasting' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) wasting
causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune
2. wasting
of Waste
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