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Wasting
- verb - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
- any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
- become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
- run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
- spend extravagantly;
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
- use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a
Wastrel
- noun - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Western
- adjective - a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
- a sandwich made from a western omelet
- lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"
- of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch"
- of wind; from the west
- relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; "the Western world"; "Western thought"; "Western thought"
Westers
- noun - wind that blows from west to east
Westing
- - The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.
Wisdoms
- noun - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
- Brigadier General Evan Alexander Wisdom, CB, CMG, DSO, VD (29 September 1869 – 7 December 1945) was an Australian politician, businessman and a senior officer of the Australian Army in the First World War.
- the quality of being prudent and sensible
- the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
- wisdom tooth back molar
Wise To
- adjective - evidencing the possession of inside information
Wise Up
- verb - cause someone to become aware of something
- get wise to; "They wised up to it"
Wiseguy
- unknown - 1. informal a person who is given to making conceited, sardonic, or insolent comments
2. US a member of the Mafia.
Wisents
- noun - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison