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The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
William Wordsworth

Meaning of "lay waste" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAY WASTE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAY WASTE

lay off
lay on
lay on the line
lay one´s finger on
lay oneself open
lay open
lay out
lay over
lay people
lay person
lay preacher
lay reader
lay siege to
lay sister
lay store by
lay to
lay to rest
lay up
lay vicar
lay-by

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAY WASTE

caste
copy and paste
cotton waste
forwaste
haste
hazardous waste
high-level waste
industrial waste
intermediate-level waste
kitchen waste
low-level waste
nuclear waste
out-waste
paste
radioactive waste
radwaste
taste
toothpaste
toxic waste
waste

Synonyms and antonyms of lay waste in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lay waste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAY WASTE

Find out the translation of lay waste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lay waste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lay waste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奠定浪费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrasar
570 millions of speakers

English

lay waste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्बाद करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع النفايات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опустошать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assolar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিধ্বস্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeter des déchets
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buang sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwüsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒廃させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

누워 낭비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layang sampah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nằm chất thải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீணாகிவிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakıp yıkmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rifiuti laici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świeckich odpadów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спустошувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune deșeuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέσει τα απόβλητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lê afval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ödelägga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lå avfall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lay waste

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY WASTE»

The term «lay waste» is regularly used and occupies the 72.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY WASTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lay waste

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QUOTES WITH «LAY WASTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lay waste.
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William Wordsworth
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY WASTE»

Discover the use of lay waste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lay waste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Exposition of the Prophesie of Hosea: Begun in Divers ...
That jour Altarsmaj belaid waste j So that God will lay waste their Cities for this very end, that he may lay waste their Altars ; if they will not lay waste their Altars, if they will not abolish their superstitions that are amongst them , God will abolish ...
Jeremiah Burroughs, 1643
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
lay sMo rest to bury a dead person: She was laid to rest next to her husband. • lay sth to rest to end a worry or fear: I hope what he said has laid your fears to rest. • lay sth to waste (also lay waste) to completely destroy something: ...
‎2008
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When the Land Lay Waste
A boy sets out to find his uncle after a plague has ravaged the country, and on histravels he befriends a farm girl who shares his adventures.
Niels Jensen, 1973
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Hindi Kriya Kosh
3. C^tT- - ) to have devastated or laid waste (a field...) (already) before 4. (SR- - ) to have ruined (a home...) completely 5. Clf^t- - ) to ruin (s.o.'s or one's own household) (due to one's obstinacy) 6. (TO_ - ) to devastate or to lay waste (a village.
Helmut Nesiptaal, 2008
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New Wilson_s OT Word Studies (Wilson)
3, lit. our tormentors, oppressors. 8 n?3 to be finished, ended, consumed, spent. Kal* pret. bfut. 9 DDIS to cut down or off, to lay waste, to devour ; as the wild boar a vineyard : fut. 10 nVJ to lay waste, properly to tear in pieces, to pull down.
William Wilson
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A dictionary of the Panjábí language
The act of laying waste, or causing to lay waste; wages of laying waste, ( a piece of land, &c. ) 6^rJ<ei0<*T ujarwa^un^, v. a. To cause to lay waste. G^rfivO ujara.i, s.f. i.q.,0%W- ¥'^- 0^|0«AI ujsri,una, v. a. To cause to lay waste. 6-rll3ld uja/gar, ...
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab mission. Ludhiana station, Levi Janvier, 1854
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Victory
I will lay waste to your your women! I will kill your tender children! I will lay waste to your your women! I will kill your tender children! I will lay waste to your your women! I will kill your tender children! I will lay waste to your your women! I will kill ...
Ariane T. Alexander, 2001
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Paradigms and glossary to the 'German reading lessons'.
... obl. cases and pl. superlative of oertjaft/ odious. oerljeerenb/ destroying, laying waste ; act. part. of oerl)eeren/ to destroy, lay waste. oertjeerenben/ destroying, desolating ; obl. cases and plur. of the act. part. oerljeerenb. oerljeert/ destroyed,  ...
Christoph Heinrich Friedrich Bialloblotzky, 1838
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Chronica Majora
444; their ravages in Bucks near Aylesbury, ib.; their defeat by Edward, ib.; those in Derby and Colchester slaughtered, ib.; driven ofi' from Maldon, ib.; their submission to Edward, ib.; lay waste Southampton, Thanet, and Chester in 980, i.
Matthew Paris, Henry Richards Luard, 2012
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The Nature of God: An Inquiry Into Divine Attributes
For example, God has promised never "to lay waste the earth" with a flood.15 It surely seems possible that he lay waste the earth with a flood; but given that he has made a sincere promise not to do so and that he is omniscient and morally ...
Edward R. Wierenga, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY WASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lay waste is used in the context of the following news items.
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"Limbo" · Halt And Catch Fire · TV Review · The A.V. Club
... signature grand and devious fashion—that his big picture thinking doesn't do anything but lay waste to everyone and everything around him. «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
2
They're losing the game but they have to fight on - Independent.ie
And didn't the same Government join in the EU hard-Right's threat to lay waste to Greece rather than agree to the write-down that every ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
The traditions of Auburn football - AuburnUndercover - 247Sports
When Alabama fan Harvey Updyke poisoned the Toomer's oaks after the 2010 Iron Bowl, he acknowledged his intention was to lay waste to an ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
4
Rodney Harrison: Tom Brady 'going to make everybody pay' for …
The last time the Patriots were accused (and convicted, at least by the NFL) of a scandal, they promptly came out and lay waste to the league ... «CBS sports.com, Jul 15»
5
Wildfire Climbs Onto Interstate in California | Commonwealth News
The fire didn't just lay waste to land, but started to overtake parts of the highway on Interstate 15. Neha Shresha, a woman who was sitting with ... «Commonwealth News, Jul 15»
6
Amazon Fresh wants to lay waste to Britain's supermarkets
Now Amazon wants to lay waste to Britain's supermarkets. The ecommerce giant is reportedly planning to launch its Fresh grocery service in ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
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Now Amazon wants to lay waste to Britain's supermarkets
Now Amazon wants to lay waste to Britain's supermarkets. The ecommerce giant is reportedly planning to launch its Fresh grocery service in ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
8
PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 20, 2015
... name we give to events beyond our control that lay waste to our soaring dreams.” A number of Vasquez's characters are middle-aged or old, ... «Publishers Weekly, Jul 15»
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THE KING OF THE MONSTERS IS BACK! GODZILLA...
As Godzilla, players will have the power to trample and lay waste to cities. Players will also have to collect G-Energy which can be used to ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: England v Australia, second Test, Lord's, day two as it …
They have cashed in on a pitch that we thought was dead, only to extract life from the very same surface to lay waste to the England top order. Can England get ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

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