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Definition

To lose energy or become weak and feeble.

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In Context

  • "She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise."
  • "The perennial Arctic ice cap—the sea ice that persists through winter and summer—is wasting away. Over the past half century it has shrunk by more than a million square miles"
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Also Said As

  • wither
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See Also

  • chronic wasting disease
  • cachexia