spoil
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔɪl
[edit] Etymology
From Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre, present active infinitive of spoliō (“‘pillage, ruin, spoil’”).
[edit] Verb
to spoil (third-person singular simple present spoils, present participle spoiling, simple past and past participle spoiled or spoilt)
- (transitive) To ruin.
- (transitive) To coddle or pamper to excess.
- (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid.
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ruin
to coddle or pamper
become sour
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[edit] Noun
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spoil (plural spoils)
- (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
- (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
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plunder taken from an enemy or victim
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