wasting

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Translations

• Maori: korokiwa (refers to disease), haurakiraki (refers to disease)

Verb

wasting

1. present participle of waste

Noun

wasting (plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   muscular wastings

2. 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