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Synonyms of the word 
SQUANDER → BLOW - CONSUME - DROP - EXPEND - SPEND - USE - WARE - WASTEsquander- v. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
- v. (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
- v. (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.
blow- adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
- v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
- v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
- v. (intransitive) To explode.
- v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
- v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
- v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
- v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
- v. (transitive) To leave.
- v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
- v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
- v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
- n. A strong wind.
- n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
- n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
- n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
- n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
- n. The act of striking or hitting.
- n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- n. A damaging occurrence.
- v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- n. A bloom, state of flowering.
consume- v. (transitive) To use up.
- v. (transitive) To use (without using up).
- v. (transitive) To eat.
- v. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- v. (transitive) To destroy completely.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
drop- n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
- n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
- n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
- n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
- n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
- n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
- n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- n. (American football) A dropped pass.
- n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
- n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
- n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
- n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
- n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
- n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
- n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
- n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
- n. (architecture) A gutta.
- n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
- n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
- n. A drop press or drop hammer.
- n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
- v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
- v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
- v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
- v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
- v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
- v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
- v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
- v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
- v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
- v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
- v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
- v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
- v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
- v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
- v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
- v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
- v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
- v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
- v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
- v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
- v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
- v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
- v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
- v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
- v. To give birth to.
- v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
- v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
expend- v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
- v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.
spend- v. To pay out (money).
- v. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- v. (dated) To squander.
- v. To exhaust, to wear out.
- v. To consume, to use up (time).
- v. (dated, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- v. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- v. To be diffused; to spread.
- v. (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
- n. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure.
- n. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.
- n. Discharged semen.
- n. Vaginal discharge.
use- n. The act of using.
- n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
- n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
- n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
- v. To accustom; to habituate.
- v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
- v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
- v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
- v. (transitive) To exploit.
- v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
- v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
- v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
- v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
- v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
ware- adj. (poetic) aware.
- n. (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- n. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- n. (in the plural) See wares.
- n. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- n. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- n. (Ireland) Crockery.
- v. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
- v. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
- adj. (obsolete) wary; cautious.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) seaweed.
- v. (nautical) To wear, or veer.
waste- n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- n. Excrement or urine.
- n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
- n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays…
- n. A vast expanse of water.
- n. A disused mine or part of one.
- n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- n. Gradual loss or decay.
- n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
- n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
- n. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the…
- n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the…
- adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- adj. Barren; desert.
- adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- adj. Superfluous; needless.
- adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- adj. Unfortunate; disappointing.
- v. (transitive) to devastate, destroy.
- v. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- v. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to…
- v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- v. (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences,…
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