Definitionen
1.NounExcess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2.NounExcrement or urine."The cage was littered with animal waste."
3.NounA wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4.NounA place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
5.NounA large tract of uncultivated land.
6.NounThe part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
7.NounA vast expanse of water.
8.NounA disused mine or part of one.
9.NounThe action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use."That was a waste of time!; Her life seemed a waste."
10.NounLarge abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
11.NounGradual loss or decay.
12.NounA decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
13.NounDestruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
14.NounA 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.
15.NounMaterial derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
16.AdjectiveUseless and contemptible.
17.AdjectiveUncultivated, uninhabited.
18.AdjectiveBarren; desert; empty.
19.AdjectiveRejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
20.AdjectiveSuperfluous; needless.
21.AdjectiveDismal; gloomy; cheerless.
22.AdjectiveUnfortunate; disappointing. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
23.VerbTo devastate; to destroy.
24.VerbTo squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate."We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project."
25.VerbTo kill; to murder.
26.VerbTo wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
27.VerbTo gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
28.VerbTo be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
29.VerbTo damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.