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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spoil \spoil\ spoil, v. t. imp. p. p. spoiled spoild or
spoilt spoilt; p. pr. vb. n. spoiling. f. spolier,
of. espoillier, fr. l. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. cf.
despoil, spoliation.
1. 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 possessions. "ye shall spoil the
egyptians." --ex. iii. 22.
1913 webster
my sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
--pope.
1913 webster
2. to seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
1913 webster
no man can enter into a strong man's house, and
spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
strong man. --mark iii.
27.
1913 webster
3. to cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
mar.
1913 webster
spiritual pride spoils many graces. --jer. taylor.
1913 webster
4. 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.
1913 webster
see also:
spoiled spoilt spoiling despoil spoliation
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoil
n 1: usually plural valuables taken by violence especially in
war; "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
spoiling my dress was deliberate" syn: spoiling, spoilage
3: the act of stripping and taking by force syn: spoliation,
spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "i botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the
difficult passage in the second movement" syn: botch,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix,
bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle,
louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
2: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten
before it spoils" syn: go bad
3: alter from the original syn: corrupt
4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "let's not mollycoddle our students" syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
mollycoddle, indulge
5: hinder or prevent the efforts, plans, or desires of; "what
ultimately frustrated every challenger was ruth's amazing
september surge"; "foil your opponent" syn: thwart, queer,
scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
6: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "she is
itching to start the project"; "he is spoiling for a
fight" syn: itch
7: destroy and strip of its possession; "the soldiers raped the
beautiful country" syn: rape, despoil, violate, plunder
8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" syn: mar, impair,
deflower, vitiate
also: spoilt
see also:
spoiling spoilage spoliation spoilation despoilation despoilment
despoliation botch bumble fumble botch up
muff blow flub screw up ball up
muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up
bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up
foul up mess up fuck up go bad corrupt
pamper featherbed cosset cocker baby
coddle mollycoddle indulge thwart queer
scotch foil cross frustrate baffle
bilk itch rape despoil violate
plunder mar impair deflower vitiate
spoilt
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoilt
adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or
oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" syn: spoiled
2: of foodstuffs not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" syn: bad, spoiled
3: affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or
prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urtan districts"
syn: blighted
see also:
spoiled bad blighted
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoilt
see spoil
see also:
spoil
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