0 to gradually get thinner and weaker, in a way that is unhealthy: --
You get thinner every time I see you, Sara - you're wasting away!
1 (of a person or animal) to gradually get thinner and weaker, esp. from disease or lack of food: --
It was hard to watch her waste away.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
waste away