run to waste

  • 1run to waste — phrasal see go to waste * * * run to waste (orig of liquids) to be wasted or lost • • • Main Entry: ↑waste …

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  • 2Waste — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Waste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consumption consumption expenditure exhaustion Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion &c. 73 Sgm: N 1 ebb ebb Sgm: N 1 leakage leakage &c.(exudation) 295 …

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  • 3waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …

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  • 4waste away — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, abate, ablate, absorb, age, assimilate, atomize, atrophy, attenuate, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, bleed white, break up, burn up, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cheat the undertaker, come… …

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  • 5waste — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 tr. fail to use (esp. an opportunity). 3 tr. (often foll. by on) give (advice etc.), utter (words etc.), without effect. 4 tr. & intr. wear… …

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  • 6waste water — Water that is actually wasted or not needed by the claimant thereto; water which, after it has served the purpose of the lawful claimant thereto, has been permitted to run to waste or to escape; and water which from unavoidable causes escapes… …

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  • 7Waste Management, Inc — Waste Management, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE: WM …

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  • 8waste — [n1] spending, use without thought decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter*, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, lost opportunity*, misapplication, misuse,… …

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  • 9Waste heat — refers to heat produced by machines and industrial processes for which no useful application is found, and is regarded as a waste by product. The biggest sources of waste heat originate from machines such as Gensets or industrial processes, such… …

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  • 10run out — [v] fail, be exhausted be cleaned out*, be out of, cease, close, come to a close, depart, dissipate, dry up, end, exhaust, expire, finish, give out, go, have no more, have none left, lose, peter out*, stop, terminate, tire, waste, waste away,… …

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