Correct use of the word waste

отходы, потери, лом, пустыня, терять, тратить впустую, негодный, отработанный

существительное

- растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство

waste of time — напрасная трата времени
waste of fuel — перерасход топлива
what a waste of energy! — какая пустая /бессмысленная/ трата сил!
to go /to run/ to waste — а) тратиться непроизводительно; б) оставаться неиспользованным; в) идти в отходы
to cut to waste — а) кроить (ткань) нерасчётливо /неэкономно/; б) сл. напрасно тратить (время)

- потери, убыль; ущерб, убыток
- юр. повреждение, порча; небрежное отношение (арендатора к нанятому имуществу и т. п.)
- отходы (тж. waste products); обрезки, обрывки (бумаги и т. п.) выжимки
- концы, обтирочный материал

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глагол

- расточать, растрачивать, непроизводительно расходовать, напрасно тратить (деньги и т. п.); терять (время и т. п.)

to waste words /breath/ — говорить на ветер
to waste one’s life — прожигать /проводить бесцельно/ жизнь
his efforts were wasted — его усилия пропали даром
to be wasted on /upon/ smb. — остаться непонятым, непризнанным, не произвести впечатления на кого-л.
actor wasted on provincial audiences — актёр, загубивший свой талант в провинциальных театрах
my joke was wasted on him — моя шутка до него не дошла
all advice will be wasted on him — давать ему советы бесполезно

- пропадать попусту; растрачиваться без пользы

turn the water off, don’t let it waste — закрой кран, чтобы вода зря не текла

- упускать

to waste an opportunity — упустить возможность

- опустошать; разорять; портить; разрушать

Roman legions wasted their country — римские легионы опустошили /разорили/ их страну

- юр. портить арендованное имущество

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прилагательное

- пустынный; незаселённый; невозделанный; непроизводительный, неплодородный; засушливый

to lie waste — быть неиспользованной /невозделанной, необработанной/ (о земле)
waste life — бесплодно прожитая жизнь
the waste periods of history — образн. бедные событиями исторические периоды

- опустошённый

to lay waste — опустошать, разорять
to be waste — амер. сл. промотаться, сидеть без денег

- излишний, ненужный; напрасный

waste stowage /tonnage/ — мор. неиспользованный тоннаж

- негодный; бракованный

waste products — отходы (производства)
waste iron — железный лом, скрап
waste wood — щепа, отходы древесины

- тех. отработанный

waste steam — отработанный пар
waste heat — отработанное тепло

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

the trackless wastes of the desert — непроходимые и бесплодные земли пустыни  
regulations on the disposal of waste — нормативные акты по утилизации отходов  
the discharge of toxic waste into the sea — сброс токсичных отходов в море  
the off-site disposal of harmful waste — внеплощадочная утилизация вредных отходов  
to waste / spend one’s breath — пускать слова на ветер, попусту тратить слова  
toxic waste dump — свалка токсичных отходов  
fervent waste — знойная пустыня  
to recover the waste heat — рекуперировать отбросное тепло  
to waste a neutron — терять нейтрон  
purposeless waste of time — бессмысленная трата времени  
waste water reclamation — очистка промышленных вод  
filling by waste rock — закладка попутной породы  
tailings go to waste — хвосты идут в отвал  

Примеры с переводом

He was not going to waste time.

Он не собирался терять время даром.

Don’t waste your money on that junk!

Не стоит тратить деньги на эту рухлядь!

I decided not to waste money on a hotel.

Я решил не тратить денег на гостиницу.

All his efforts were wasted.

Все его усилия были безрезультатны. / Все его усилия были тщетны.

Haste makes waste. посл.

Поспешишь — людей насмешишь.

The afternoon wasted away.

День угас.

Please pitch your waste paper in here.

Пожалуйста, бросайте использованную бумагу сюда.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

His talents were being wasted as a lawyer.

…waste acreage that was not fit for anything…

Being unemployed is such a waste of your talents.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

wastage  — потери, убыль, утечка, усушка, изнашивание
wasteful  — расточительный, нерасчетливый
waster  — расточитель, брак, беспризорный ребенок, никудышный человек, бездомный человек
wasting  — атрофия, исхудание, упадок сил, опустошительный, изнурительный
wasted  — привыкший к наркотикам
wasteless  — безотходный, неистощимый, неисчерпаемый

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: waste
he/she/it: wastes
ing ф. (present participle): wasting
2-я ф. (past tense): wasted
3-я ф. (past participle): wasted

noun
ед. ч.(singular): waste
мн. ч.(plural): wastes

waste

to use carelessly; lose; squander: It’s not good to waste food.

Not to be confused with:

waist – the narrow middle part of an object: She wore a sash at her waist.

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waste

 (wāst)

v. wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes

v.tr.

1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.

2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.

3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.

4.

a. To destroy completely: The invaders wasted the village.

b. Slang To kill; murder.

v.intr.

1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.

2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.

n.

1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.

2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.

3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.

4.

a. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product: industrial wastes.

b. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.

5. Garbage; trash.

6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.

adj.

1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.

2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.

3. Excreted from the body: waste matter.

Idiom:

waste (one’s) breath

To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.


[Middle English wasten, from Old North French waster, from Latin vāstāre, to make empty, from vāstus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: waste, blow1, dissipate, fritter1, squander
These verbs mean to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail: wasted my inheritance; blew a fortune at the casino; dissipated their energies in pointless argument; frittering away her entire allowance; squandered his talent on writing jingles.

Antonym: save1

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waste

(weɪst)

vb

1. (tr) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail

2. (tr) to fail to take advantage of: to waste an opportunity.

3. (Medicine) (when: intr, often foll by away) to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc

4. to exhaust or become exhausted

5. (tr) to ravage

6. (tr) informal to murder or kill: I want that guy wasted by tomorrow.

n

7. the act of wasting or state of being wasted

8. a failure to take advantage of something

9. anything unused or not used to full advantage

10. anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required

11. garbage, rubbish, or trash

12. (Physical Geography) (usually plural) a land or region that is wild or uncultivated

13. (Physical Geography) obsolete a land or region that is devastated or ruined

14. (Physiology) physiol

a. the useless products of metabolism

b. indigestible food residue

15. (Physical Geography) disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion

16. (Law) law reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant

adj

17. rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless

18. produced in excess of what is required

19. not cultivated, inhabited, or productive: waste land.

20. (Physiology)

a. of or denoting the useless products of metabolism

b. of or denoting indigestible food residue

21. destroyed, devastated, or ruined

22. designed to contain or convey waste products

23. lay waste to devastate or destroy

[C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus empty]

ˈwastable adj

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waste

(weɪst)

v. wast•ed, wast•ing,
n., adj. v.t.

1. to consume or use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste natural resources.

2. to fail or neglect to use.

3. to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore.

4. to wear down or reduce in bodily substance or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease.

5. to devastate or ruin: a country wasted by a long futile war.

6. Slang. to kill or murder.

v.i.

7. to be consumed or employed uselessly or inadequately.

8. to become gradually used up or worn away.

9. to become physically worn, esp. emaciated or enfeebled.

10. to diminish gradually, as wealth or power; dwindle.

n.

11. useless consumption or expenditure; an act or instance of wasting: a complete waste of my time.

12. neglect, instead of use.

13. gradual impairment or decay.

14. devastation or ruin.

15. an area devastated or ruined: a blackened waste where timberland had stood.

16. anything unused, inadequately used, or unproductive.

17. desolate country, as desert.

18. something left over or superfluous: salvaging factory wastes.

19. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc.

20. garbage; refuse.

21. wastes, excrement.

adj.

22. not used or in use: waste energy.

23. (of land, regions, etc.) wild; desolate.

24. (of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin.

25. left over; superfluous: to utilize the waste products of manufacture.

26. rejected as useless or worthless; refuse.

27. Physiol. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.

28. designed or used to receive or carry away useless material (often in combination): a waste pipe.

Idioms:

1. go to waste, to be wasted, rather than used or consumed.

2. lay waste, to devastate; destroy.

[1150–1200; Middle English < Old North French waster (Old French g(u)aster) < Latin vāstāre, derivative of vāstus desolate; Old North French w-, Old French gu- by influence of c. Frankish *wōsti desolate (c. Old High German wuosti)]

wast′a•ble, adj.

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waste

  • wastrel — Pronounced WAYS-trul, it is either a wasteful or worthless person, derived from the verb «waste,» from Latin vastus, «desert, waste.»
  • bratwurst — From German Brat, «meat without waste,» and Wurst, «sausage.»
  • eat your heart out — Goes back as far as Diogenes Laertius, who credited Pythagoras with saying «Do not eat your heart»—meaning «Don’t waste your life worrying about something»—2,500 years ago.
  • sullage — Waste from household sinks, showers, and baths—but not toilets; it also figuratively means filth or refuse.

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Waste

 

  1. In delay we waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day —William Shakespeare
  2. Wasted his wealth like spittle —Stephen Vincent Benet
  3. Wasted more money in a day than a Boeing 747 full of proverbial welfare queens could have squandered in a century —Hodding Carter III, Wall Street Journal March 30, 1986

    Carter’s simile referred to new defense spending policies.

  4. Wasteful as drunkenness at undue times —Robert Browning
  5. Wasteful as regrets —Anon

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waist

waste

These words are both pronounced /weɪst/.

1. ‘waist’

Waist is a noun. Your waist is the middle part of your body, above your hips.

She tied a belt around her waist.

He was naked from the waist up.

2. ‘waste’ used as a verb

Waste is most commonly a verb. If you waste time, money, or energy, you use it on something that is unimportant or unnecessary.

You‘re wasting time asking him to help – he won’t.

We wasted money on a computer that didn’t work.

3. ‘waste’ used as a noun

You can also say that something is a waste of time, money, or energy.

I’ll never do that again. It’s a waste of time.

It’s a waste of money buying a new washing machine when we could repair the old one.

Waste also refers to material that has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the useful part has been removed.

The river was full of industrial waste.

Your kidneys help to remove waste from your body.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

waste

Past participle: wasted
Gerund: wasting

Imperative
waste
waste
Present
I waste
you waste
he/she/it wastes
we waste
you waste
they waste
Preterite
I wasted
you wasted
he/she/it wasted
we wasted
you wasted
they wasted
Present Continuous
I am wasting
you are wasting
he/she/it is wasting
we are wasting
you are wasting
they are wasting
Present Perfect
I have wasted
you have wasted
he/she/it has wasted
we have wasted
you have wasted
they have wasted
Past Continuous
I was wasting
you were wasting
he/she/it was wasting
we were wasting
you were wasting
they were wasting
Past Perfect
I had wasted
you had wasted
he/she/it had wasted
we had wasted
you had wasted
they had wasted
Future
I will waste
you will waste
he/she/it will waste
we will waste
you will waste
they will waste
Future Perfect
I will have wasted
you will have wasted
he/she/it will have wasted
we will have wasted
you will have wasted
they will have wasted
Future Continuous
I will be wasting
you will be wasting
he/she/it will be wasting
we will be wasting
you will be wasting
they will be wasting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wasting
you have been wasting
he/she/it has been wasting
we have been wasting
you have been wasting
they have been wasting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wasting
you will have been wasting
he/she/it will have been wasting
we will have been wasting
you will have been wasting
they will have been wasting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wasting
you had been wasting
he/she/it had been wasting
we had been wasting
you had been wasting
they had been wasting
Conditional
I would waste
you would waste
he/she/it would waste
we would waste
you would waste
they would waste
Past Conditional
I would have wasted
you would have wasted
he/she/it would have wasted
we would have wasted
you would have wasted
they would have wasted

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. waste - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwantedwaste — 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»

waste material, waste matter, waste product

material, stuff — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; «coal is a hard black material»; «wheat is the stuff they use to make bread»

dross, impurity — worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; «there were impurities in the water»

exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes — gases ejected from an engine as waste products

body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion — waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

filth, skank, crud — any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

sewage, sewerage — waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

effluent, sewer water, wastewater — water mixed with waste matter

food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps — food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

pollutant — waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil

rubbish, trash, scrap — worthless material that is to be disposed of

slop — (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; «she carried out the sink slops»

toxic industrial waste, toxic waste — poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)

2. waste - useless or profitless activitywaste — 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»

wastefulness, dissipation

boondoggle — work of little or no value done merely to look busy

activity — any specific behavior; «they avoided all recreational activity»

waste of effort, waste of energy — a useless effort

waste of material — a useless consumption of material

waste of money — money spent for inadequate return; «the senator said that the project was a waste of money»

waste of time — the devotion of time to a useless activity; «the waste of time could prove fatal»

high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance — excessive spending

squandering — spending resources lavishly and wastefully; «more wasteful than the squandering of time»

3. waste - the trait of wasting resourceswaste — the trait of wasting resources; «a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste»; «the wastefulness of missed opportunities»

thriftlessness, wastefulness

improvidence, shortsightedness — a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources

4. waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivationwaste — an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; «the barrens of central Africa»; «the trackless wastes of the desert»

barren, wasteland

heathland, heath — a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

wild, wilderness — a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; «it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers»

5. waste — (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

permissive waste

human action, human activity, act, deed — something that people do or cause to happen

law, jurisprudence — the collection of rules imposed by authority; «civilization presupposes respect for the law»; «the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order»

Verb 1. waste — spend thoughtlessly; throw away; «He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends»; «You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree»

squander, blow

expend, use — use up, consume fully; «The legislature expended its time on school questions»

blow — spend lavishly or wastefully on; «He blew a lot of money on his new home theater»

burn — spend (significant amounts of money); «He has money to burn»

economize, husband, economise, conserve — use cautiously and frugally; «I try to economize my spare time»; «conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit»

2. waste — use inefficiently or inappropriately; «waste heat»; «waste a joke on an unappreciative audience»

apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize — put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; «use your head!»; «we only use Spanish at home»; «I can’t use this tool»; «Apply a magnetic field here»; «This thinking was applied to many projects»; «How do you utilize this tool?»; «I apply this rule to get good results»; «use the plastic bags to store the food»; «He doesn’t know how to use a computer»

3. waste — get rid of; «We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer»

chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss — throw or cast away; «Put away your worries»

4. waste — run off as waste; «The water wastes back into the ocean»

run off

course, flow, run, feed — move along, of liquids; «Water flowed into the cave»; «the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi»

5. waste — get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; «The mafia liquidated the informer»; «the double agent was neutralized»

do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize

kill — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; «This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank»; «The farmer killed a pig for the holidays»

6. waste - spend extravagantlywaste — spend extravagantly; «waste not, want not»

ware, squander, consume

fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot — spend frivolously and unwisely; «Fritter away one’s inheritance»

luxuriate, wanton — become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

lavish, shower — expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; «He was showered with praise»

overspend — spend at a high rate

expend, spend, drop — pay out; «spend money»

splurge, fling — indulge oneself; «I splurged on a new TV»

7. waste — lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; «After her husband died, she just pined away»

languish, pine away

weaken — become weaker; «The prisoner’s resistance weakened after seven days»

8. waste — cause to grow thin or weak; «The treatment emaciated him»

emaciate, macerate

debilitate, enfeeble, drain — make weak; «Life in the camp drained him»

9. waste — cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; «The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion»

devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, desolate

ruin, destroy — destroy completely; damage irreparably; «You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!»; «The tears ruined her make-up»

ruin — reduce to ruins; «The country lay ruined after the war»

10. waste — become physically weaker; «Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world»

rot

degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop — grow worse; «Her condition deteriorated»; «Conditions in the slums degenerated»; «The discussion devolved into a shouting match»

gangrene, necrose, sphacelate, mortify — undergo necrosis; «the tissue around the wound necrosed»

Adj. 1. waste - located in a dismal or remote areawaste — located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; «a desert island»; «a godforsaken wilderness crossroads»; «a wild stretch of land»; «waste places»

godforsaken, wild

inhospitable — unfavorable to life or growth; «the barren inhospitable desert»; «inhospitable mountain areas»

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waste

verb

1. squander, throw away, blow (slang), run through, lavish, misuse, dissipate, fritter away, frivol away (informal) We can’t afford to waste money on another holiday.
squander save, protect, preserve, conserve, economize, husband

2. wear out, wither, deplete, debilitate, drain, undermine, exhaust, disable, consume, gnaw, eat away, corrode, enfeeble, sap the strength of, emaciate a cruel disease which wastes the muscles

noun

1. squandering, misuse, loss, expenditure, extravagance, frittering away, lost opportunity, dissipation, wastefulness, misapplication, prodigality, unthriftiness The whole project is a complete waste of time and resources.
squandering saving, economy, thrift, good housekeeping, frugality

2. rubbish, refuse, debris, sweepings, scrap, litter, garbage, trash, leftovers, offal, dross, dregs, leavings, offscourings This country produces 10 million tonnes of toxic waste every year.

adjective

2. uncultivated, wild, bare, barren, empty, devastated, dismal, dreary, desolate, unproductive, uninhabited Yarrow can be found growing wild on waste ground.
uncultivated cultivated, developed, productive, in use, fruitful, arable, verdant, habitable

lay something waste devastate, destroy, ruin, spoil, total (slang), sack, undo, trash (slang), ravage, raze, despoil, wreak havoc upon, depredate (rare) The war has laid waste large regions of the country.

waste away decline, dwindle, wither, perish, sink, fade, crumble, decay, wane, ebb, wear out, atrophy People dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.

Proverbs
«It’s no use making shoes for geese»

Usage: Waste and wastage are to some extent interchangeable, but many people think that wastage should not be used to refer to loss resulting from human carelessness, inefficiency, etc.: a waste (not a wastage) of time, money, effort, etc.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

waste

verb

1. To use up foolishly or needlessly:

2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:

3. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:

4. To lose strength or power.Also used with away:

5. To fail to take advantage of:

6. To do away with completely and destructively:

7. To destroy completely as or as if by conquering:

8. Slang. To cause the death of:

9. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:

noun

1. Excessive or imprudent expenditure:

2. A tract of unproductive land:

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Translations

أرْض خَراب أو غَيْر خَصْبَهضَياعضَيَاعنُفايَه، فُضالَهيُبَدِّدُ

odpadplýtváníplýtvat

spildeaffalden forspildt mulighedødemarkspild

tuhlatatuhlaushukatakuihtua

otpadrasipati

pusztaság

eyîa, sóaeyîimörk, öræfi, auîneyîsla, sóunúrgangur

浪費浪費する

낭비낭비하다

atliekosdykvietėeikvojimas veltuigaišintimakulatūra

atkritumiizšķiešanaplašumišķiesttērēt

odpadpremárnenie

odpadkizapravljanjezapravljati

slösa bortsopor

ใช้ไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์การสูญเสียโดยเปล่าประโยชน์

phung phísự phung phí

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

waste

[ˈweɪst]

n

to lay sth waste, to lay waste to sth → dévaster qch

modif

[energy, heat] → des déchets
a waste energy site → une installation de coïncinération waste materials

vt

(= use too much of) [+ money, water, fuel] → gaspiller
I don’t like wasting money → Je n’aime pas gaspiller l’argent.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

waste

vi (food)umkommen; (skills)verkümmern; (body)verfallen; (strength, assets)schwinden; waste not, want not (Prov) → spare in der Zeit, so hast du in der Not (Prov)


waste

:


waste

:

waste heat

n (from engine etc) → Abwärme f

waste heat recovery

nAbwärmerückgewinnung f

wastepaper

nPapierabfall m; (fig)Makulatur f


waste

:

waste recovery

nAbfallaufbereitung f, → Müllaufbereitung f

waste reprocessing plant

nAbfallwiederaufbereitungsanlage f, → Müllverwertungswerk nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

waste

[weɪst]

1. adj (material) → di scarto; (food) → avanzato/a; (land, ground, in city) → abbandonato/a, desolato/a; (in country) → incolto/a
to lay waste → devastare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

waste

(weist) verb

to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You’re wasting my time with all these stupid questions.

noun

1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material.

2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity.

3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes.

ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun

loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.

ˈwasteful adjective

involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful.

ˈwastefully adverbˈwastefulness nounwaste paper

paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper.

wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə)

a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.

waste pipe (ˈweispaip)

a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked.

waste away

to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

waste

ضَيَاع, يُبَدِّدُ plýtvání, plýtvat spild, spilde verschwenden, Verschwendung σπατάλη, σπαταλώ desperdiciar, desperdicio tuhlata, tuhlaus gaspillage, gaspiller otpad, rasipati rifiuto, sprecare 浪費, 浪費する 낭비, 낭비하다 afval, verspillen avfall, sløse (bort) odpady, zmarnować desperdiçar, desperdício расточительство, тратить впустую slösa bort, sopor ใช้ไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์, การสูญเสียโดยเปล่าประโยชน์ israf, israf etmek phung phí, sự phung phí 浪费

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

waste

n. desperdicio, residuo, gasto inútil; merma, pérdida;

___ of timepérdida de tiempo;

v. desperdiciar, desgastar, malgastar;

to ___ awaydemacrarse, consumirse.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

waste

n desechos, residuos; hazardous — desechos or residuos peligrosos; medical — desechos or residuos médicos; metabolic — desechos or residuos metabólicos; vt desperdiciar; (money) malgastar; We don’t want to waste health care dollars..No queremos malgastar recursos sanitarios.

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Inflections of ‘waste‘ (v): (⇒ conjugate)
wastes
v 3rd person singular
wasting
v pres p
wasted
v past
wasted
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

waste /weɪst/USA pronunciation  
v., wast•ed, wast•ing, n., adj. 
v.

  1. to use up or spend to no profit;
    squander:[+ object]wasting money; wasting time.
  2. to fail to use:[+ object]Never waste an opportunity.
  3. to (cause to) become feeble, weak, or thin: [+ object]He was wasted by disease.[no object]Every day the patient seemed to waste away.
  4. Slang Terms[+ object]to murder.

n.

  1. an act or instance of wasting: [countable; usually singular]a waste of money.[uncountable]to cut down on waste.
  2. a devastated area, or an area that is unsuitable or considered unsuitable for living, as a desert:[countable]the frozen wastes of the tundra.
  3. something left over, esp. after some process has been performed and something more valuable removed: [countable]factory wastes.[uncountable]the disposal of radioactive waste.
  4. garbage;
    refuse:[uncountable]household waste.
  5. Physiology wastes, [plural] excrement.

adj. [before a noun]

  1. wild;
    desolate;
    not useful:waste land.
  2. left over;
    extra and not necessary:waste materials; waste paper.
  3. Physiologyunused by or unusable to a living thing.
  4. designed to receive or carry away waste.

Idioms

  1. Idioms go to waste, to be wasted, rather than used:This food will go to waste if you don’t eat it.
  2. Idioms lay waste to, [+ object] to devastate;
    destroy.

    waste is a verb and a noun, wasteful is an adjective:He wasted too much time trying to fix the radio. It was a waste of time. He is wasteful when it comes to using paper.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

waste 
(wāst),USA pronunciation v., wast•ed, wast•ing, n., adj. 

v.t.

    1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return;
      use to no avail or profit;
      squander:to waste money; to waste words.
    2. to fail or neglect to use:to waste an opportunity.
    3. to destroy or consume gradually;
      wear away:The waves waste the rock of the shore.
    4. to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength;
      emaciate;
      enfeeble:to be wasted by disease or hunger.
    5. to destroy, devastate, or ruin:a country wasted by a long and futile war.
    6. Slang Termsto kill or murder.

    v.i. 

    1. to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated.
    2. to become gradually consumed, used up, or worn away:A candle wastes in burning.
    3. to become physically worn;
      lose flesh or strength;
      become emaciated or enfeebled.
    4. to diminish gradually;
      dwindle, as wealth, power, etc.:The might of England is wasting.
    5. to pass gradually, as time.

    n. 

    1. useless consumption or expenditure;
      use without adequate return;
      an act or instance of wasting:The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy.
    2. neglect, instead of use:waste of opportunity.
    3. gradual destruction, impairment, or decay:the waste and repair of bodily tissue.
    4. devastation or ruin, as from war or fire.
    5. a region or place devastated or ruined:The forest fire left a blackened waste.
    6. anything unused, unproductive, or not properly utilized.
    7. an uncultivated tract of land.
    8. a wild region or tract of land;
      desolate country, desert, or the like.
    9. an empty, desolate, or dreary tract or extent:a waste of snow.
    10. anything left over or superfluous, as excess material or by-products, not of use for the work in hand:a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes.
    11. remnants, as from the working of cotton, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil, etc.
    12. Geography[Phys. Geog.]material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc.
    13. garbage;
      refuse.
    14. Physiology wastes, excrement.
    15. go to waste, to fail to be used or consumed;
      be wasted:She hates to see good food go to waste.
    16. lay waste, to devastate;
      destroy;
      ruin:Forest fires lay waste thousands of acres yearly.

    adj. 

    1. not used or in use:waste energy; waste talents.
    2. (of land, regions, etc.) wild, desolate, barren, or uninhabited;
      desert.
    3. (of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin, as from devastation or decay.
    4. left over or superfluous:to utilize waste products of manufacture.
    5. having served or fulfilled a purpose;
      no longer of use.
    6. rejected as useless or worthless;
      refuse:to salvage waste products.
    7. Physiologypertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.
    8. designed or used to receive, hold, or carry away excess, superfluous, used, or useless material (often in combination):a waste pipe; waste container.
    9. [Obs.]excessive;
      needless.
    • Latin vāstum, noun, nominal use of neuter of vāstus, partly derivative of waster; Old North French w-, Old French gu- by influence of cognate with Frankish *wōsti desolate (cognate with Old High German wuosti)
    • Old North French wast(e) (Old French g(u)aste), partly
    • Latin vāstāre, derivative of vāstus; (noun, nominal) Middle English
    • Old North French waster (Old French g(u)aster)
    • Latin vāstus desolate; (verb, verbal) Middle English
    • Old North French wast (Old French g(u)ast)
    • 1150–1200; 1960–65 for def. 6; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English

    wasta•ble, adj. 
    wasteless, adj. 

      • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged misspend, dissipate, fritter away, expend.
      • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged erode.
      • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ravage, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, despoil.
      • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decline, perish, wane, decay.
      • 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissipation.
      • 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged diminution, decline, emaciation, consumption.
      • 15.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spoliation, desolation.
      • 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See desert 1.
      • 24.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rubbish, trash.
      • 27.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See ravage. 
      • 30.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ruined, ghostly, destroyed.
      • 31.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unused, useless, extra.


      • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged save.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

waste /weɪst/ vb

  1. (transitive) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail
  2. (transitive) to fail to take advantage of: to waste an opportunity
  3. when intr, often followed by away: to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc
  4. to exhaust or become exhausted
  5. (transitive) to ravage
  6. (transitive) informal to murder or kill

n

  1. the act of wasting or state of being wasted
  2. a failure to take advantage of something
  3. anything unused or not used to full advantage
  4. anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required
  5. garbage, rubbish, or trash
  6. a land or region that is devastated or ruined
  7. a land or region that is wild or uncultivated
  8. the useless products of metabolism
  9. indigestible food residue
  10. reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant

adj

  1. rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless
  2. produced in excess of what is required
  3. not cultivated, inhabited, or productive: waste land
  4. of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
  5. of or denoting indigestible food residue
  6. lay wasteto devastate or destroy

Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus empty

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Предложения


Assessment of recycled waste requires precise assessment of total waste and the specific category of waste.



Оценка рециркулируемых отходов требует точной оценки всех отходов и отходов конкретной категории.


Prevention, waste minimisation, reuse and recycling of waste should all be preferred to incineration according to the waste hierarchy.



Предотвращение, минимизация отходов, повторное использование и рециркуляция отходов должны быть предпочтительнее сжигания в соответствии с иерархией отходов.


Plasma processing waste essentially represents nothing but a waste gasification process.



Плазменная переработка мусора (ТБО), по существу, представляет собой не что иное, как процедуру газификации мусора.


Medical waste is covered by the medical waste control regulations.



Что же касается медицинских отходов, то на них распространяются правила контроля за медицинскими отходами.


The third type of household waste is organic waste.



И, наконец, третий вид отходов — это биоорганические отходы.


Mind you, construction waste is very different from the usual residential waste.



Следует отметить то, что сам по себе строительный мусор сильно отличается от обычных бытовых отходов.


To end waste, especially food waste.



Кроме того, нужно утилизировать мусор, особенно пищевые отходы.


Consumer waste also includes solid household waste generated by domestic life.



К отходам потребления также относятся твердые бытовые отходы, которые возникают в процессе жизнедеятельности людей.


Undertake training programmes for preventing the exposure of waste handlers and recyclers, particularly waste scavengers, to hazardous chemicals and waste.



Организация учебных программ, направленных на то, чтобы лица, работающие с отходами и занимающиеся их рециркуляцией, особенно сборщики мусора, не подвергались воздействию опасных химических веществ и отходов.


For practical reasons, calculation of the waste incineration rate should consider only waste incinerated through the registered waste management system.



В силу практических причин при расчете доли сжигаемых отходов следует учитывать лишь сжигаемые отходы, проходящие через зарегистрированную систему управления отходами.


Plastic waste belongs to the category of waste prohibited for disposal at the industrial waste landfill since 2019.



Отходы пластика относятся к категории отходов, запрещенной к захоронению на полигоне промышленных отходов с 2019г.


An important method of waste management is the prevention of waste material being created, also known as waste reduction.



Важным методом обращения с отходами является предотвращение создания отходов, также известный как сокращение отходов.


In many developing countries, mercury waste is either incinerated with infectious waste or treated as municipal waste.



Во многих развивающихся странах ртутьсодержащие отходы сжигаются вместе с инфекционными отходами или обрабатываются как муниципальные отходы.


Green waste is any organic waste that can be composted.



«Зелёные» отходы включают в себя органический мусор, который может быть компостирован.


Keywords:waste, computer equipment waste, medical electronic waste, harmful substances and waste components, impact factors of electronic waste, safety of health, waste management.



Ключевые слова:отходы, отходы компьютерной техники, медицинские электронные отходы, вредные вещества и компоненты отходов, воздействуюшие факторы электронных отходов, безопасность здоровья, обработка отходов.


Plastic waste is divided into waste of polymer production and household waste.



Полимерные отходы подразделяют на отходы полимерного производства и отходы бытовые.


Hazardous health-care waste includes infectious waste, sharps, anatomical and pathological waste, obsolete or expired chemical products and pharmaceuticals, and radioactive materials.



К числу опасных медицинских отходов относятся инфекционные отходы, острые предметы, анатомические и патологические отходы, устаревшие или имеющие истекший срок годности химические продукты и фармацевтические препараты и радиоактивные материалы.


The terms «medical waste» or «health-care waste» refer to all waste generated by health-care establishments.



Понятие «медицинские отходы» или «отходы здравоохранения» подразумевает все отходы, генерируемые медицинскими учреждениями.


In some jurisdictions unsegregated waste is collected at the curb-side or from waste transfer stations and then sorted into recyclables and unusable waste.



В некоторых юрисдикциях несселенные отходы собираются на бордюре или с станций по пересадке отходов, а затем сортируются в рециркулируемые и неиспользуемые отходы.


Representative biomass such as crops, crop waste, timber, wood waste and animal waste.



Репрезентативная биомасса, такая как посевы, отходы сельскохозяйственных культур, древесина, древесные отходы и животные отходы.

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waste waste weɪst

  1. растрачивание, ненужная или излишняя трата; расточительство

    waste of time ― напрасная трата времени

    waste of fuel ― перерасход топлива

    what a waste of energy! ― какая пустая (бессмысленная)
    трата сил!

    to go (to run) to waste ― тратиться непроизводительно;
    оставаться неиспользованным; идти в отходы

    to cut to waste ― кроить (ткань) нерасчетливо (неэкономно);
    сл. напрасно тратить (время)

  2. потери, убыль; ущерб, убыток
  3. юр. повреждение, порча; небрежное отношение (арендатора
    к нанятому имуществу и т. п.
    )

  4. отходы (тж. waste products); обрезки, обрывки (бумаги и
    т. п.
    ); выжимки

  5. концы, обтирочный материал
  6. текст. угар; очески; рвань

    thread (yarn) waste ― путанка, рвань пряжи

    cotton waste ― пакля

    waste of flax ― кострика

  7. металлический лом, скрап
  8. полигр. макулатура; лишние листы (оставшиеся после
    изготовления тиража
    )

  9. утиль
  10. мусор; отбросы
  11. pl. сточные воды
  12. физиол. выделения (организма)
  13. износ, изнашивание
  14. потеря веса, исхудание
  15. уменьшение (энергии и т. п.) упадок (сил и т. п.)
  16. пустыня
  17. пустынное пространство

    a waste of waters ― пустыня моря; морской простор

  18. пустошь, пустынь; бросовая земля
  19. юр. бесхозная земля
  20. горн. пустая порода
  21. геол. материал, уносимый потоком в море
  22. пустынный; незаселенный; невозделанный; непроизводительный,
    неплодородный; засушливый

    to lie waste ― быть неиспользованной (невозделанной,
    необработанной
    ) (о земле)

    waste life ― бесплодно прожитая жизнь

    the waste periods of history ― образ. бедные событиями
    исторические периоды

  23. опустошенный

    to lay waste ― опустошать, разорять

    to be waste ― ам. сл. промотаться, сидеть без денег

  24. излишний, ненужный; напрасный

    waste stowage (tonnage) ― мор. неиспользованный тоннаж

  25. негодный; бракованный

    waste products ― отходы

    waste iron ― железный лом

    waste wood ― щепа, отходы древесины

  26. тех. отработанный

    waste steam ― отработанный пар

    waste heat ― отработанное тепло

  27. расточать, растрачивать, непроизводительно расходовать,
    напрасно тратить (деньги и т. п.); терять (время и т. п.)

    to waste words (breath) ― говорить на ветер

    to waste one’s life ― прожигать (проводить бесцельно) жизнь

    his efforts were wasted ― его усилия пропали даром

    to be wasted on (upon) smb. ― остаться непонятым, непризнанным,
    не произвести впечатления на кого-л.

    actor wasted on provincial audiences ― актер, загубивший свой
    талант в провинциальных театрах

    my joke was wasted on him ― моя шутка до него не дошла

    all advice will be wasted on him ― давать ему советы бесполезно

  28. пропадать попусту; растрачиваться без пользы

    turn the water off, don’t let it waste ― закрой кран, чтобы
    вода зря не текла

  29. упускать

    to waste an opportunity ― упустить возможность

  30. опустошать; разорять; портить; разрушать

    Roman legions wasted their country ― римские легионы опустошили
    (разорили) их страну

  31. юр. портить арендованное имущество
  32. истощаться, иссякать, приходить к концу

    his resources were rapidly wasting ― его ресурсы быстро иссякали

  33. изнурять, истощать

    frame wasted by disease ― тело, истощенное болезнью

  34. чахнуть, умирать (тж. waste away)

    to waste away for lack of food ― (медленно) умирать с голоду

  35. редк. идти, течь (о времени)

    the day wastes ― день на исходе

  36. ам. сл. избить до полусмерти
  37. ам. сл. убить, уничтожить (человека)
  38. спорт. терять в весе; сгонять вес (тренировкой)

    waste not, want not ― посл. мотовство до нужды не доведет

waste bowl waste bowl weɪst ̈ɪbəul

    полоскательница

waste disposal waste disposal weɪst dɪsˈpəuzəl

    удаление отходов или сточных вод

waste gate waste gate weɪst ɡeɪt

    гидр. сбросовый затвор

waste pile waste pile weɪst ̈ɪpaɪl

    горн. отвал породы, террикон

wastebasket wastebasket ˈweɪstˌbɑ:skɪt

    корзина для канцелярского мусора

    fit for the wastebasket ― никуда не годный

wasted wasted ˈweɪstɪd

  1. опустошенный, разоренный
  2. ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье)
  3. растраченный; непроизводительно использованный

    wasted effort ― напрасно предпринятые усилия

  4. ам. сл. привыкший к наркотикам
  5. ам. сл. одуревший от наркотиков
wasteful wasteful ˈweɪstful

  1. расточительный; неэкономный

    wasteful expenditure ― расточение средств; непроизводительные
    затраты

  2. (of) расточающий

    wasteful of time ― требующий много времени; без необходимости
    занимающий время

    wasteful of words ― многословный

  3. редк. опустошительный, разорительный (о войне и т. п.)
wasteland wasteland ˈweɪs(t)land

  1. пустошь; пустырь; бросовая земля
  2. застой (интеллектуальный и т. п.); пустота (существования
    и т. п.
    )

wasteless wasteless

    редк. неистощимый, неисчерпаемый

wasteness wasteness

    запустение; заброшенность

wastepaper wastepaper

    макулатура, ненужная бумага; канцелярский мусор

wastepaper basket wastepaper basket

    корзина для канцелярского мусора

    fit for the wastepaper basket ― никуда не годный

wastepipe wastepipe ˈweɪstpaɪp

    сливная труба; водоотводная труба

wasteplex wasteplex

    промышленный комплекс по переработке отходов

waster waster ˈweɪstə

  1. расточитель, мот; прожигатель жизни
  2. разг. бездельник; никчемный, никудышный человек
  3. что-л. вызывающее непроизводительный расход, напрасную трату
    (денег, сил)

    a procedure that is a waster of time ― при этой процедуре
    теряется много времени

  4. разоритель
  5. животное, теряющее в весе
  6. редк. худеющий человек

    a bad waster ― человек, с трудом сбрасывающий вес (о жокее и
    т. п.
    )

  7. брак, изделие с изъяном
  8. шотл. острога; гарпун
wastewater wastewater

    сточные воды

    wastewater reuse ― вторичное использование сточных вод

wasteway wasteway

    ам. водосбросный канал

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