noun

• (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
• (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
• (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
• (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

adj

• (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.
  "Niggas moves so waste / Please, come outside the house and show yourself / So I can say it to your face"

adj

• (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  "SOo whanne syr Galahad was departed from the castel of maydens / he rode tyl he came to a waste forest / & there he mette with syre launcelot and syr Percyuale but they knewe hym not / for he was newe desguysed / Ryghte so syr launcelot his fader dressid his spere and brake it vpon syr Galahad"

verb

• (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
  "Thou barrein ground, whome winters wrath hath wasted, / Art made a myrrour to behold my plight."
• (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
  "We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project."
• (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
• (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
  "until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness"