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waste

/ˈweɪ̯st/ noun B1
  1. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Excrement or urine. (countable, uncountable) · The cage was littered with animal waste.
  3. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A large tract of uncultivated land. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A vast expanse of water. (countable, uncountable)
  8. A disused mine or part of one. (countable, uncountable)

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And I wouldn’t have then, only I sent up this cotton waste and oil from the engine-room this afternoon for a girl upstairs who had her hand burned with a smoothing-iron.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 7 · C1
You’ve got as much money to waste as any of ’em, and yet you stick to what’s decent and moderate.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 9 · C1
The Black Panther had raced up the slope almost without a sound and was striking--he knew better than to waste time in biting--right and left among the monkeys, who were seated round Mowgli in circles fifty and sixty deep.
The Jungle Book, p. 53 · B2
Rikki-tikki knew better than to waste time in staring.
The Jungle Book, p. 69 · B2

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