Broad vs Waste - What's the difference?
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Wide in extent or scope.
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, title= Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
* Bishop Porteus
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained.
* John Locke
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
* D. Daggett
* E. Everett
Plain; evident.
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
* Shakespeare
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
(US) A woman or girl.
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
A large tract of uncultivated land.
A vast expanse of water.
A disused mine or part of one.
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
Gradual loss or decay.
A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
(rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Excrement
(legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
Uncultivated, uninhabited.
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*:SOo whanne syr Galahad was departed from the castel of maydens / he rode tyl he came to a waste forest / & there he mette with syre launcelot and syr Percyuale but they knewe hym not / for he was newe desguysed / Ryghte so syr launcelot his fader dressid his spere and brake it vpon syr Galahad
Barren; desert.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 255:
*:For centuries the shrine at Mecca had been of merely local importance, far outshone by the Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem, whose cult Christians had in good measure renewed by their pilgrimage in honour of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, while leaving the actual site of the Jerusalem Temple dishonoured and waste .
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
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Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity.
Unfortunate; disappointing. (rfex)
To devastate or destroy.
* Spenser
* Dryden
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
* Bible, Numbers xiv. 33
* Robertson
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
* Gray
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Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
* Bible, 1 Kings xvii. 14
(legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
As an adjective broad
is wide in extent or scope.As a noun broad
is (dated) a prostitute, a woman of loose morals.As a verb waste is
.broad
English
Adjective
(er)- three feet broad
- the broad expanse of ocean
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Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
- broad and open day
- a broad mixture of falsehood
- The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
- in a broad , statesmanlike, and masterly way
- a broad hint
- as broad and general as the casing air
- a broad''' compliment; a '''broad''' joke; '''broad humour
Antonyms
* * (Regarding body width) * (Not palatalized)Derived terms
* breadth * broaden * broad across the beam * broad in the beam * broadscale * broad strokes * broadsword * broad church * broadcloth * broad agreementNoun
(en noun)- Who was that broad I saw you with?
- (Knight)
Synonyms
* See also * See also * See alsoSee also
*Anagrams
* * * ----waste
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
- That was a waste of time
- Her life seemed a waste
- The cage was littered with animal waste
Derived terms
* ameliorative waste * cotton waste * industrial waste * lay waste * nuclear waste * permissive waste * radioactive waste * rock waste * silk waste * toxic waste * trade waste * voluntary waste * wasteful * wasteless * waste of space * waste of time * waste pipe * wastyEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
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In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}
Usage notes
Same meanings as wasted.Derived terms
* affirmative waste * ameliorative waste * go to waste * lay waste * lie waste * nonwasted * nonwasting * permissive waste * run to waste * unwasted * voluntary waste * waste pipe * wasteland * wasteness * wastrifeEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Verb
(wast)- Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted , / Art made a mirror to behold my plight.
- The Tiber / Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds.
- until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness
- Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him.
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
- E. Kay (1822-1897), afterwards Lord Justice of Appeal, had rooms on the same staircase as myself, and we wasted a great deal of time together, both in term and in my second summer vacation.'' 1909. Francis Galton, ''Memories of my life , p. 69.
- The barrel of meal shall not waste .