waste

Definitions

• Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
• Excrement or urine.
• A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
• A place that has been lay laid waste or destroyed.
• A large tract of uncultivated land.
• (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
• A vast expanse of water.
• A disused mine or part of one.
• The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
• Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
• Gradual loss or decay.
• A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
• (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
• (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
• (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.