SPOIL
\spˈɔ͡ɪl], \spˈɔɪl], \s_p_ˈɔɪ_l]\
Definitions of SPOIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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the act of stripping and taking by force
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become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
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the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
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(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
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have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
By Princeton University
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treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
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the act of stripping and taking by force
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become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
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have a strong desire or urge to do soemthing; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
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the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
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(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
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To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
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To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
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To practice plunder or robbery.
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To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
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That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
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That which is gained by strength or effort.
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The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
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Corruption; cause of corruption.
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The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
By Oddity Software
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To plunder; corrupt; destroy; colloquially, to overindulge so as to harm character; as, to spoil a child.
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To practice plunder or robbery; to become corrupted; decay.
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Pillage; plunder; booty.
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Spoiler.
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Spoiled, spoilt.
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Spoiling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To take by force: to plunder.
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To practice robbery.
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That which is taken by force: plunder: pillage: robbery.
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To corrupt: to mar: to make useless.
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To decay: to become useless.
By Daniel Lyons
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Anything taken by force; pillage.
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To become worthless; decay.
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To render worthless; corrupt; destroy.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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