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waste away
verb as in decay
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verb as in dissolve
verb as in dissolve
verb as in eat
verb as in fade
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verb as in go
verb as in languish
verb as in melt
verb as in molder
verb as in rot
verb as in run out
verb as in shrink
verb as in wane
verb as in wilt
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Example Sentences
Perhaps it's his bringin' up; but he sickens day by day, And he doesn't take no food, and I'm seein' him waste away.
If any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.
For wise Zeus ordained that he should live for three generations of mortal men and not waste away with old age.
He would believe himself sincere and in the end his resolution would waste away into procrastination and specious excuses.
It is not allowed to waste away, however much the constituent parts of it may shift.
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On this page you'll find 600 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waste away, such as: atrophy, corrode, decompose, degenerate, discolor, and disintegrate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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