To waste away is to gradually get thinner and weaker because you are not eating enough food, or because of illness.
Examples of use:
1. You must eat: you’re wasting away.
2. Michael looks thinner every time we see him – he’s wasting away.
3. You’ll waste away if you don’t eat properly.
4. Our old dog stopped eating and just wasted away.
| infinitive |
waste away |
| present simple |
waste away and wastes away |
| -ing |
wasting away |
| past simple |
wasted away |
| past participle |
wasted away |
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