wasting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Verb

wasting

1. present participle and gerund of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: опустошителен (bg) (opustošitelen)
• Maori: korokiwa (refers to disease), haurakiraki (refers to disease)

Noun

wasting (countable and uncountable, plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   muscular wastings

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Derived terms

• candle-wasting
• 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

 

Translations

deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease

• Maori: horokiwa, kaiuaua (of the muscles), haurakiraki

Anagrams

• stawing, tawings, tawsing