spoil


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spoil
n. plunder, loot, goods taken from an enemy in a war or in a robbery; waste material (i.e. earth dug up while mining or excavating)
 
v. damage; impair, detract from; ruin by excessive indulgence, pamper too much; go bad, decay (of food); plunder, pillage, rob

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Spoil
Spoil or spoils:
  • Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  • Material (such as rock or earth) removed during:
  • An Australian rules football tactic, see One percenter (Australian rules football)#Spoil

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spoil

Noun
1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
(hypernym) stolen property
(derivation) rape, despoil, violate, plunder
(classification) plural, plural form
2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
(synonym) spoiling, spoilage
(hypernym) injury
(derivation) mar, impair, deflower, vitiate
3. the act of stripping and taking by force
(synonym) spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
(hypernym) plundering, pillage, pillaging
(derivation) rape, despoil, violate, plunder

Verb
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"
(synonym) 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
(hypernym) fail, go wrong, miscarry
(derivation) spoiling, spoilage
2. become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
(synonym) go bad
(hypernym) decay
(hyponym) addle
(derivation) spoilage, spoiling
3. alter from the original
(synonym) corrupt
(hypernym) modify
(hyponym) adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
(derivation) spoliation
4. treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
(synonym) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge
(hypernym) treat, handle, do by
(derivation) pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
5. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
(synonym) thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(hyponym) disappoint, let down
6. have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
(synonym) itch
(hypernym) desire, want
7. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
(synonym) rape, despoil, violate, plunder
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
8. make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
(synonym) mar, impair, deflower, vitiate
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
(derivation) spoiling, spoilage


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spoil
n. rozmazlit; zkazit; dopřát (si); udělat (si) radost

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spoil
Czas. psuć; rozpieszczać; dogadzać