wasting+away

  • 1wasting away — index decadent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2wasting away — noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse • Syn: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting • Derivationally related forms: ↑atrophy (for: ↑atrophy) • Hypernyms: ↑symptom …

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  • 3act of wasting away — index decline Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4wasting — noun 1. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse • Syn: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting away • Derivationally related forms: ↑atrophy (for: ↑atrophy) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 5Wasting — could also mean unefficient and/or uneffective consumption. See waste. In medical circles, wasting refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to waste away. Wasting is sometimes referred to as acute… …

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  • 6wasting asset — A term often used to describe an option because of its limited life. Shortly before its expiration, an out of the money option has only time value, which declines rapidly. For an in the money option, only intrinsic value is left upon expiration.… …

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  • 7Wasting — Waste Waste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. g[^a]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8wasting — wast·ing || weɪstɪŋ adj. destroying, damaging; weakening, draining, exhausting; thinning weɪst n. squandering, misuse, disuse; destruction, ruin, loss; desolation, wasteland; desert; refuse, rubbish, garbage; sewage v. squander, misspend,… …

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  • 9waste away — ˌwaste a ˈway [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they waste away he/she/it wastes away present participle wasting away past tense …

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  • 10waste away — {v.} To become more thin and weak every day. * /Jane is wasting away with tuberculosis./ * /After Mrs. Barnes died, her husband wasted away with grief./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms