wasting

«wasting» in Mova's judaism dictionary: using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form of waste (waste, wastes, wasted, wasting); adjective (wasting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Wasting means using something for nothing or losing it, like wasting time, water, food or money. tree →

2) Wasting also means using more than you need. tree →

3) A wasting illness makes the body grow thin and weak. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Deuteronomy, a bodily sickness of hunger and disease, one of the punishments if Israel turns from God. Interpretation: It belongs to Moses' song warning of what comes if the people forget God. In the primary lessons: In maths: time, water or money lost, often at a rate: lost = rate × time; taken away from what is useful. In science and caring for the planet: a dripping tap is wasting water; lights left on are wasting energy. Phrases: wasting time, wasting water, wasting your breath (talking for nothing), stop wasting.

examples

• The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• A dripping tap is wasting 2 litres an hour. tree →
• He is wasting 15 minutes a day. tree →
• How much water is it wasting in a day? tree →
• Stop wasting your money. tree →
• Leaving the lights on is wasting electricity. tree →
• We are wasting time; let us start. tree →
• Throwing away good food is wasting it. tree →
• You are wasting your breath; he is not listening. tree →

note

Spelt with «st»: wasting. Homophone trap: «waist» is part of the body. A loss, often at a rate: lost = rate × time. Taken away from the total. Trap: «2 litres an hour» over a day is 2 × 24.

In the corpora

• Wasting is a quiet wrong: nobody cries at once.
• Getting away with wasting for weeks does not make it free; somebody paid for every sandwich in the bin.
• Growing food and making clothes also uses a great deal of water, so wasting food wastes water too.
• Resting is not wasting time if you chose it; wasting time means spending it in a way you later wish you hadn't.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wasting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.