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waste | breast |

As verbs the difference between waste and breast

is that waste is while breast is to push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.

As a noun breast is

either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

waste

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

  • 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.
    • That was a waste of time
    Her life seemed a waste
  • 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
    • The cage was littered with animal waste
  • (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.
    • 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 * wasty

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  • *:
  • *: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.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= 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.}}
  • Superfluous; needless.
  • 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)
    • 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 * wastrife

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (wast)
  • To devastate or destroy.
  • * Spenser
    • Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted , / Art made a mirror to behold my plight.
  • * Dryden
    • The Tiber / Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds.
  • 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
    • until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness
  • * Robertson
    • Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him.
  • To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  • * Gray
    • Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= 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.
  • (slang) To .
  • Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  • To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  • * Bible, 1 Kings xvii. 14
    • The barrel of meal shall not waste .
  • (legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
    • Derived terms
    * get wasted * wastage * waste breath * waster * waste time * wastingly * wastery * wastethrift * wastrel * wasty

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    breast

    English

    (wikipedia breast)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
    • Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.
  • The chest, or front of the human thorax.
  • * 1798 , (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
    • The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast , For he heard the loud bassoon.
  • A section of clothing covering the breast area.
  • The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
    • She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He has a loyal breast .
  • The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
    • The robin has a red breast .
  • A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
    • Would you like breast or wing?
  • The front or forward part of anything.
    • a chimney breast'''; a plough '''breast
  • * Milton
    • Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
  • (mining) The face of a coal working.
  • (mining) The front of a furnace.
  • (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast .

    Synonyms

    * (female organs) See also * (chest) chest * (seat of emotions) heart, soul * (cut of poultry) white meat * (cut of meat) brisket

    Antonyms

    * (cut of poultry) thigh, wing, dark meat

    Derived terms

    * abreast * breastbone * breast cancer * breastfeed, breast feeding, breastfeeding * breastless * breast milk, breastmilk * breaststroke * breastwork * make a clean breast * redbreast

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
    • He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
  • * Wirt
    • The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.

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