Word: wasting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wa
sting
Definition: The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.
Morphemes:
Affix: waste
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vastāre
Language: la
Decoded: vastare
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.