waste away

:  a sparsely settled or barren region :  desert

:  uncultivated land

:  a broad and empty expanse (as of water)

:  to lay waste

:  to damage or destroy gradually and progressively

:  to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength :  emaciate, enfeeble

:  being wild and uninhabited :  desolate

:  arid, empty

:  not cultivated :  not productive

:  on the way :  along

:  from this or that place

:  in a secure place or manner

:  absent from a place :  gone

:  distant in space or time

:  played on an opponent's grounds