waste
verb
1 verb squander time, effort, resource TRANSITIVEcuir amú diomail verb to waste time am a chur amú, bheith ag meilt amayou're wasting your money tá tú ag cur do chuid airgid amúit wastes electricity cuireann sé leictreachas amúadvice is wasted on some people ní fiú comhairle a chur ar dhaoine áiritheher efforts were wasted saothar in aisce a bhí ann aici, níorbh fhiú a saothar é 2 verb weaken, atrophy TRANSITIVEcnaígh verb searg verb the disease had wasted his muscles bhí a chuid matán seargtha ag an ngalarTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb informal (especially US) kill TRANSITIVEmaraigh verb
noun
4 noun rubbishdramhaíl fem3 household waste dramhaíl tí, bruscar tíwaste recycling athchúrsáil dramhaíola 5 noun squanderingcur amú diomailt fem2 it's a waste of time cur amú ama atá ann, is am amú éwhat a waste of public money! ná bí ag caint ar airgead poiblí a chur amú!don't let the food go to waste ná cuir an bia amú, ná lig don bhia dul amúI couldn't let the opportunity go to waste ní fhéadfainn an deis a scaoileadh tharam, ní thiocfadh liom gan an deis a thapú 6 noun faecescac masc3 salachar masc1 human waste cac duine, salachar duine 7 noun wastelandfásach masc1 adjective
8 adjective discardedfuíoll- preffuíll gs as adj dramh- prefwaste material fuíollábhar masc1waste water fuíolluisce masc4 9 adjective unusedwaste ground talamh gan saothrú, talamh bán