wasting

wasting

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

wasting

1. present participle of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Translations

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.

Translations

deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease

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

Anagrams

• stawing, tawings, tawsing