Definition of waste away
:to become thinner and weaker because of illness or lack of food
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waste
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: a sparsely settled or barren region : desert
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: uncultivated land
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: a broad and empty expanse (as of water)
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: to lay waste
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: to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength : emaciate, enfeeble
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: to wear away or diminish gradually : consume
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: being wild and uninhabited : desolate
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: arid, empty
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: not cultivated : not productive
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away
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: on the way : along
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: from this or that place
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: in a secure place or manner
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: absent from a place : gone
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: distant in space or time
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: played on an opponent's grounds
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