To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
To break into small pieces or fragments.
To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
To sinter.
A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
A fragment; a shred; a small piece.