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Grammar : Verb



Definition of waste away

  • As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
  • As in melt : verb liquefy; dissolve
  • As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
  • As in run out : verb fail, be exhausted
  • As in shrink : verb become smaller
  • As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
  • As in wilt : verb sag, fail
  • As in wither : verb droop, decline
  • As in molder : verb decay
  • As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
  • As in dissolve : verb melt from solid to liquid; mix in
  • As in dissolve : verb disappear, disintegrate
  • As in eat : verb erode, wear away; use up
  • As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
  • As in go : verb elapse
Example sentences :
  • Our powers are given us to be used; and unless they are used they waste away.
  • Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
  • In fact she was so very, very fat that nobody thought she could waste away.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
  • There is no virtue in feeding when the manure is permitted to waste away.
  • Extract from : « Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement » by Alva Agee
  • You are too much of a man, Felt, to waste away in these wilds.
  • Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
  • All rocks have a tendency to waste away under the influence of the atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Geology » by James Geikie
  • He will not suffer to waste away and vanish the faith for which he died.
  • Extract from : « Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare » by Walter Savage Landor
  • If any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • The same muscle that grows when used within certain limits will waste away when deprived of proper exercise.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
  • Soon the left gland will waste away until it is no larger than in a small boy.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • Yet might they not so waste away their bodies, but that they recovered from their sorrows, as still happeneth oft enow.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

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