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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wasting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Deriveds

wasting disease

Translations (3)

mi haurakiraki (Translations) · mi korokiwa (Translations) · bg опустошителен (Translations)

wasting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
    • muscular wastings
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Forms

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Deriveds

wasting palsy · wasting sickness · chronic wasting disease · starfish wasting disease · wasting investment · seastar wasting disease · cerebral salt-wasting syndrome · sea star wasting disease · candle-wasting · mass wasting · sea-star wasting disease

Translations (3)

mi horokiwa (deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease) · mi kaiuaua (deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease) · mi haurakiraki (deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease)

wasting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of waste
    form of waste