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wastes

SayWAYSTS/weɪsts/

2 meanings of wastes

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular of waste. Use this form with he, she, or it.

    He wastes hours scrolling on his phone instead of studying.

    She wastes good food by letting it spoil in the fridge.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of waste. Use it when talking about more than one kind of unwanted material.

    The factory dumped its chemical wastes into the river.

    Workers sorted the household wastes into separate bins.

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wastes is a form of waste

waste, verb: To use money, time, or things in a careless way that gives no good result. Full entry

Forms
wastewastes he/she/itwasting -ing formwasted past tense, past participle
Spelling
waste → wastes: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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