spoil

spoil: spoil¹ [spɔıl] v past tense and past participle spoiled also spoilt [spɔılt] BrE

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

1¦(damage)¦

2¦(treat too kindly)¦

3¦(treat kindly)¦

4¦(decay)¦

5¦(voting)¦

6 be spoiling for a fight/argument

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: espoillier, from Latin spoliare 'to strip, rob', from spolium; SPOILS]

1.) ¦(DAMAGE)¦ [T]

to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc

= ↑ruin

▪ The whole park is spoiled by litter.

▪ We didn't let the incident spoil our day.

▪ I don't want to spoil your fun.

▪ Why do you always have to spoil everything ?

→spoil/ruin your appetite at ↑appetitesee usage note ↑destroy

2.) ¦(TREAT TOO KINDLY)¦ [T]

to give a child everything they want, or let them do whatever they want, often with the result that they behave badly

▪ She's an only child, but they didn't really spoil her.

▪ His mother and sisters spoil him rotten (=spoil him very much) .

3.) ¦(TREAT KINDLY)¦ [T]

to look after someone in a way that is very kind or too kind

▪ You'll have to let me spoil you on your birthday.

spoil yourself

▪ Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.

4.) ¦(DECAY)¦

to start to decay

▪ Food will spoil if the temperature in your freezer rises above 8ºC.

5.) ¦(VOTING)¦ [T]

[i]BrE to mark a ↑ballot paper wrongly so that your vote is not included

6.) be spoiling for a fight/argument

to be very eager to fight or argue with someone

spoil ²

spoil² n

1.) spoils [plural] formal

a) the things that someone gets by being successful

▪ They tried to take more than a fair share of the spoils.

b) things taken by an army from a defeated enemy, or things taken by thieves

the spoils of war/victory etc

2.) [U]

waste material such as earth and stones from a mine or hole in the ground

▪ spoil heaps

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Synonyms:

Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste, Steal, pilfer, rob, Booty, pillage, plunder, prey / Injure, harm, disfigure, mar, damage, ruin, destroy, Decay, be corrupted, Prize, booty, gain / Steal, take, seize by violence, Robbery, waste, pillage, rapine, spoliation / Corrupt, vitiate, mar, ruin, Slough, cast skin, tegument / Corruption, ruin, destruction

Look at other dictionaries:

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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoil — n Spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot, swag can mean something of value that is taken from another by force or craft. Spoil applies to the movable property of a defeated enemy, which by the custom of old time warfare belongs to the victor and of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spoil — Spoil, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. [1913 Webster] Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoil — [ spɔıl ] verb ** ▸ 1 make worse ▸ 2 allow child everything ▸ 3 treat someone with care ▸ 4 food: become too old ▸ 5 in election ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to affect something in a way that makes it worse, less attractive, or less enjoyable:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Spoil — (spoil), v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery. [1913 Webster] Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoil — c.1300, from O.Fr. espoillier to strip, plunder, from L. spoliare to strip of clothing, rob, from spolium armor stripped from an enemy, booty; originally skin stripped from a killed animal, from PIE *spol yo , perhaps from root *spel to split, to … Etymology dictionary
spoil — [v1] ruin, hurt blemish, damage, debase, deface, defile, demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, disfigure, disgrace, harm, impair, injure, make useless, mar, mess up*, muck up*, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage … New thesaurus
spoil — [spoil] vt. spoiled or Brit. spoilt, spoiling [ME spoilen < MFr espoillier < L spoliare, to plunder < spolium, arms taken from a defeated foe, plunder, orig., hide stripped from an animal < IE base * (s)p(h)el , to split, tear off… … English World dictionary
spoil|er — «SPOY luhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that spoils. 2. a person who takes spoils. 3. a movable flap on the upper surface of the wing of an airplane, to help in slowing down or in decreasing lift, as in descending or landing. 4. an airflow… … Useful english dictionary
spoil — I (impair) verb addle, blemish, blight, botch, break, bungle, butcher, corrumpere, corrupt, damage, damage irreparably, debase, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, demolish, destroy, deteriorate, dilapidate, disable, disfigure, go bad, harm … Law dictionary
spoil — ► VERB (past and past part. spoilt (chiefly Brit. ) or spoiled) 1) diminish or destroy the value or quality of. 2) (of food) become unfit for eating. 3) harm the character of (a child) by being too indulgent. 4) treat with great or excessive… … English terms dictionary

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

spoil

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionary of contemporary English

spoil

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link