waste away en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To lose energy or become weak and feeble.
She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise.
The perennial Arctic ice cap—the sea ice that persists through winter and summer—is wasting away. Over the past half century it has shrunk by more than a million square miles
2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/04/why-we-wont-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe-feature/”, in National Geographic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wasted away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wasted away | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wasting away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wastes away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Coordinates
pine away · fade away · shrivel up
Relateds
cachexia · chronic wasting disease
Synonyms
Translations (20)
fr dépérir (lose energy) · pt definhar (lose energy) · de dahinsiechen (lose energy) · nl wegkwijnen (lose energy) · ja やせ衰える (lose energy) · fi riutua (lose energy) · ru ча́хнуть (lose energy) · ru истоща́ться (lose energy) · ang dwīnan (lose energy) · ru истощи́ться (lose energy) · mi horokiwa (lose energy) · la tabescō (lose energy) · ru зача́хнуть (lose energy) · la tābeō (lose energy) · fi kuihtua (lose energy) · sa क्षीयते (lose energy) · eo atrofiiĝi (lose energy) · ota ییتمك (lose energy) · mi ngongo (lose energy) · grc μαραίνομαι (lose energy)