English Explanatory Dictionary

wasting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of waste
adj
  1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
noun
  1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
  2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪstɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wasting.wav

Word forms

wasting wastings

Derived words

wasting disease candle-wasting cerebral salt-wasting syndrome chronic wasting disease mass wasting seastar wasting disease sea-star wasting disease sea star wasting disease starfish wasting disease wasting investment wasting palsy wasting sickness
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