wasting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Verb

wasting

present participle of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

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)

Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
muscular wastings
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

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