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Meaning of spoil
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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: {spoil}, {spoiling},
{spoilage}]
3: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: {spoil},
{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}, {bodge},
{bumble}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub},
{screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil}, {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: {spoil}, {go bad}]
3: alter from the original [syn: {corrupt}, {spoil}]
4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
{pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle},
{mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {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}, {spoil}, {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}, {spoil}]
7: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: {rape}, {spoil}, {despoil},
{violate}, {plunder}]
8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar},
{impair}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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