waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
ఆంగ్లం
~ 2700
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
నామవాచకం
A2
entity
1
Unwanted or unusable material
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[something] is waste
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
పర్యాయపదాలు
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
పదకలయికలు
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
విషయాలు
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- The factory produces a lot of chemical waste.
- Please put your food waste in the compost bin.
- Electronic waste is a growing environmental problem.
- They are finding new ways to recycle plastic waste.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- The bin is full of waste.
- We must not throw waste in the street.
- This machine reduces food waste.
- They burn the waste at the plant.
క్రియ
A2
action
2
Use carelessly or without benefit
To use something in a bad way so that it is lost.
వాడుక నమూనా:
to waste [something] on [something/someone]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
పర్యాయపదాలు
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
పదకలయికలు
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
విషయాలు
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
ఉదాహరణలు
- Don't waste your time arguing with him.
- She wasted a lot of money on clothes she never wore.
- We can't afford to waste energy during the winter.
- He wasted his talent on a job he hated.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- Don't waste water when you wash dishes.
- She wasted all her money on toys.
- We waste too much paper at school.
- He wasted his chance to win.
నామవాచకం
A2
action
3
Unnecessary use of something valuable
When something valuable is used in a bad way and lost.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
పర్యాయపదాలు
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
పదకలయికలు
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
విషయాలు
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
ఉదాహరణలు
- It would be a waste of time to try again.
- Throwing away good food is such a waste.
- The meeting was a total waste of resources.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- The trip was a waste of money.
- This game is a waste of time.
- Selling the car now is a waste.
adjective
B2
state
4
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
Very thin and weak because of being sick or not having enough food.
పర్యాయపదాలు
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
పదకలయికలు
waste body
|waste appearance
విషయాలు
health
|body
ఉదాహరణలు
- The patient looked pale and wasted after months in bed.
- He was wasted by the long illness.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- She looks wasted after the sickness.
- He became wasted from hunger.
- The old man was wasted by disease.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
waste
IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
waste (1 అక్షరఖండం)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
పద రూపాలు
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
పదప్రయోగాలు
a waste of space
1/ə wˈeɪst əv spˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Useless person or thing
Someone or something that is useless and takes up space.
ఉదాహరణలు
- That broken printer is just a waste of space.
- He's such a waste of space—he never helps with anything.
go to waste
1/ɡˈoʊ tə wˈeɪst/
idiom
Be unused and spoiled/lost
To not be used and therefore be lost or ruined.
ఉదాహరణలు
- Don't let those apples go to waste—make a pie!
- His skills went to waste in that boring job.
lay waste to
1/lˈeɪ wˈeɪst tə/
idiom
literary
Destroy completely; devastate
To completely destroy something so that nothing is left.
ఉదాహరణలు
- The hurricane laid waste to the coastal towns.
- The army laid waste to the enemy's land.
waste away
1/wˈeɪst əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Become thin and weak from illness/hunger
To slowly become very thin and weak because of sickness or lack of food.
ఉదాహరణలు
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.