wasting

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

wasting

1. present participle and gerund of waste

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

• wasting disease

wasting (countable and uncountable, plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   Hyponyms: sarcopenia, cachexia (specific to chronic diseases)

   muscular wastings

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

• tawings, tawsing