spoilspɔɪl
spoil (v)
- present
- spoils
- past
- spoiled / spoilt
- past participle
- spoiled / spoilt
- present participle
- spoiling
spoil (n)
English Definitions:
spoil (noun)
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
"to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
spoil, spoiling, spoilage (noun)
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
"her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation (verb)
the act of stripping and taking by force
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 (verb)
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"
spoil, go bad (verb)
become unfit for consumption or use
"the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
corrupt, spoil (verb)
alter from the original
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge (verb)
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk (verb)
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
itch, spoil (verb)
have a strong desire or urge to do something
"She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder (verb)
destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate (verb)
make imperfect
"nothing marred her beauty"
spoil (Noun)
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
spoil (Noun)
Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
spoil (Verb)
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
spoil (Verb)
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
spoil (Verb)
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
spoil (Verb)
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
spoil (Verb)
To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
spoil (Verb)
To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
spoil (Verb)
Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
spoil (Verb)
To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
spoil (Verb)
To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
Spoil
In Archaeology, spoil is the term used for the soil, dirt and rubble that results from an excavation, and discarded off site on spoil heaps. These heaps are commonly accessed by barrow runs.
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