spoil

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre, present active infinitive of spoliō (“‘pillage, ruin, spoil’”).

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to spoil

Third person singular
spoils

Simple past
spoiled or spoilt

Past participle
[[spoiled or spoilt]]

Present participle
spoiling

to spoil (third-person singular simple present spoils, present participle spoiling, simple past and past participle spoiled or spoilt)

  1. (transitive) To ruin.
  2. (transitive) To coddle or pamper to excess.
  3. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid.

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[edit] Translations

ruin
to coddle or pamper
become sour

[edit] Noun

Singular
spoil

Plural
spoils

spoil (plural spoils)

  1. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  2. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.

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[edit] Translations

plunder taken from an enemy or victim
material moved
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[edit] See also

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