laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
deposit deposition | the act of putting something somewhere |
waste wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort waste of energy | a useless effort |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
thresher thrasher thresher shark fox shark Alopius vulpinus | large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed |
depository deposit depositary repository | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
safe-deposit safe-deposit box safety-deposit safety deposit box deposit box lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
thresher thrasher threshing machine | a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
thriftlessness waste wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
deposit | a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
barren waste wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump garbage dump trash dump rubbish dump wasteyard waste-yard dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump toxic waste site toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site toxic waste area Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
alluvial sediment alluvial deposit alluvium alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
sediment deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
deposit sedimentation alluviation | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
deposit | money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use, his deposit was refunded when he returned the car |
down payment deposit | a partial payment made at the time of purchase, the balance to be paid later |
margin security deposit | the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities |
time deposit account deposit account | a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest |
certificate of deposit CD | a debt instrument issued by a bank, usually pays interest |
deposit bank deposit | money deposited in a bank or some similar institution |
demand deposit | a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice |
time deposit | a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date |
deposition deposit | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
farmer's lung thresher's lung | alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay |
body waste excretion excreta excrement excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
human waste | the body wastes of human beings |
waste waste material waste matter waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, they collect the waste once a week, much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
garbage refuse food waste scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
toxic waste toxic industrial waste | poisonous waste materials, can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
high-level radioactive waste | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |
low-level radioactive waste | (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) |
radioactive waste | useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed |
waste paper | paper discarded after use |
waste rot | become physically weaker, Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world |
lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage scourge | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly, The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion |
waste emaciate macerate | cause to grow thin or weak, The treatment emaciated him |
pine away waste languish | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief, After her husband died, she just pined away |
consume squander waste ware | spend extravagantly, waste not, want not |
waste | use inefficiently or inappropriately, waste heat, waste a joke on an unappreciative audience |
neutralize neutralise liquidate waste knock off do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing, The mafia liquidated the informer, the double agent was neutralized |