1. (verb)waste, emaciate, macerate cause to grow thin or weak Synonyms: waste, run off, emaciate, blow, scourge, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to
2. (verb)emaciate grow weak and thin or waste away physically Synonyms: waste, macerate