wasting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Verb

wasting

1. present participle of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Translations

Translations

• Maori: korokiwa (refers to disease), haurakiraki (refers to disease)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

wasting (countable and uncountable, 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• stawing, tawings, tawsing