waste

waste
[weist] 1. verb
(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) zapravljati
2. noun
1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material.) odpadki; odpaden
2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) zapravljanje
3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) pustinja
- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away
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I [wéist]
1.
noun
razsipavanje, tratenje, trošenje, zapravljanje (denarja, časa, moči); izguba, odpad; zmanjšanje; propadanje, propast; obsolete opustošenje, razdejanje; juridically škoda, zmanjšanje vrednosti (posesti, zemljišča) zaradi nemarnosti; odpadki (volne, svile ipd.); makulatura; odplake, pomije; pustinja, neobdelan svet, zapuščeno polje; geology mel, melišče; velika površina (of waters vodá)
a waste of snow — snežna pustinja
it's a sheer waste of time — to je čista izguba časa
to go ( —ali to run) to waste — tratiti se, razsipavati se; v prelogu ležati; podivjati; odtekati
wilful waste makes woeful want — kdor lahkomiselno denar zapravlja, se od premoženja že poslavlja;
2.
adjective
pust, neobdelan, neploden; nenaseljen, opustošen; odvečen, brezkoristen, neuporaben, izgubljen, odtočen
waste drain — odtočni kanal
waste energy — neizrabljena energija
waste land — pustina, pustota, neobdelana zemlja
waste materials — odpadni material, odpad(ki)
waste paper — makulaturni papir, odpadki papirja
to lay waste — opustošiti
to lie waste — biti (ležati) neobdelan, neizkoriščen
to run waste — prazen teči (stroj)
II [wéist]
1.
transitive verb
razsipavati, zapravljati (denar, moč), tratiti (čas) zaman; trošiti, ne izkoristiti (prilike); slabiti, poslabšati; pustiti, da (kaj) propade; zapustiti (posestvo, zemljo itd.) zaradi nemarnosti; American zamuditi (an opportunity priliko); (o)pustošiti, razorati
to waste breath — zaman govoriti
to waste one's property — zafrčkati svoje premoženje
to waste one's time — (svoj) čas zapravljati
wasted with grief — uničen od žalosti
a wasted talent — neizkoriščen talent
to be wasted — biti brezkoristen, neuporaben; ostati brez učinka (on na)
this is wasted on me — iz tega si nič ne storim, tega mi ni mar;
2.
intransitive verb
slabeti, upadati, propadati, pojemati, izgubiti na teži (s treningom); trošiti se, razsipavati se, tratiti se, zapravljati se; biti zapravljiv, trošiti denar; izgubljati se, izginjati; giniti; obsolete minevati (čas)
he wastes in routine work — on se troši v rutinskem delu
the candle is wasting — sveča se manjša
the day wastes obsolete dan se nagiblje h kraju
to waste away — hirati; figuratively pojemati, upadati
his power is wasting — njegova moč upada (pojema)
waste not, want not — varčuj, kadar imaš, da ne boš brez v potrebi

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