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Found 5 hits - Term: squander, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squander \squan"der\ skwo^n"d~er, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   squandered -d~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. squandering. cf.
   scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to
   squander, prov. e. swatter, dan. sqvatte, sw. sqvaumtta to
   squirt, sqvaumttra to squander, icel. skvetta to squirt
   out, to throw out water.
   1. to scatter; to disperse. obs.
      1913 webster

            our squandered troops he rallies.     --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or
      wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to
      dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
      1913 webster

            the crime of squandering health is equal to the
            folly.                                --rambler.
      1913 webster

   syn: to spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
        1913 webster
see also:
squandered squandering 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squander \squan"der\, v. i.
   1. to spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
      1913 webster

            they often squandered, but they never gave.
                                                  --savage.
      1913 webster

   2. to wander at random; to scatter. r.
      1913 webster

            the wise man's folly is anatomized
            even by squandering glances of the fool. --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squander \squan"der\, n.
   the act of squandering; waste.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
squander
     v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "he wasted his inheritance
          on his insincere friends"; "you squandered the
          opportunity to get and advanced degree" syn: waste, blow
          ant: conserve
     2: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" syn: consume,
        waste, ware
see also:
waste blow conserve consume ware 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
72 moby thesaurus words for "squander":
   ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, blow, budget, burn up,
   consume, cost, cost out, decrease, deplete, depreciate, digest,
   disburse, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, eat,
   eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, extravagancy, finish, finish off,
   fool away, fork out, fritter, gamble away, go through, gobble,
   gobble up, hang the expense, impoverish, incur costs, ingest,
   invest, lavish, lavishness, lay out, open the purse, outlay,
   overdoing, pay, pay out, prodigality, put out, run through,
   scatter, schedule, seize the day, shell out, shrink, sink money in,
   slather, sow broadcast, spend, splurge, suck dry, swallow,
   swallow up, throw, throw away, throw money around, use up, waste,
   waste away, wastefulness, wear, wear away





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