consume, squander, waste, ware
(verb) spend extravagantly; “waste not, want not”
waste, blow, squander
(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; “He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends”; “You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
(obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.
Squander implies starting with many resources, such as great wealth, and then wasting them (using them up to little purpose or little effect), often ending with little. Particularly used in phrases such as “squander an opportunity” or “squander an inheritance”. It may be used even if one starts with little, though usually in some construction such as “squander what little he had”.
• waste, splurge
• ducks and drakes
• throw away
• quanders
Source: Wiktionary
Squan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqvätta to squirt, sqvättra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. Rambler.
Syn.
– To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
Squan"der, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. Shak.
Squan"der, n.
Definition: The act of squandering; waste.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
