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WASTAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything lost by wear or waste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("wastage" is a kind of...):

loss (something that is lost)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of wasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("wastage" is a kind of...):

decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)

Derivation:

waste (become physically weaker)

waste (cause to grow thin or weak)

waste (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief)

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