Spoil
21spoil — see do not spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar spare the rod and spoil the child too many cooks spoil the broth better one house spoiled than two …
22spoil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Anglo French espuille, from espuiller Date: 14th century 1. a. plunder taken from an enemy in war or from a victim in robbery ; loot b. public offices made the property of a successful party usually… …
23spoil — v. (d; intr.; usu. in a progressive form) to spoil for ( to seek ) (to be spoiling for a fight) * * * [spɔɪl] (d; intr.;usu. in a progressive form) to spoil for (to be spoiling for a fight; to seek ) …
24spoil — verb 1) too much sun spoils the complexion Syn: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm; ruin, destroy, wreck; be a blot on the landscape Ant …
25spoil — verb 1) smoking spoils your complexion Syn: damage, ruin, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, deface, harm, destroy, wreck 2) rain spoiled my plans Syn: ruin …
26spoil*/ — [spɔɪl] (past tense and past participle spoiled spoilt [spɔɪlt] ) verb 1) [T] to make something worse, less attractive, or less enjoyable Radio towers spoilt the view.[/ex] I really hope it doesn t rain – that would spoil everything.[/ex] 2) [T]… …
27spoil — [c]/spɔɪl / (say spoyl) verb (spoiled or spoilt, spoiling) –verb (t) 1. to damage or impair (a thing) irreparably as to excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: to spoil a sheet of paper. 2. to impair in character or disposition by unwise treatment,… …
28spoil — tv. to kill someone. □ It was Ziggy’s job to make sure that nobody got close nough to Mr. Big to spoil him. □ Rocko was determined to spoil Barlowe …
29spoil — v. & n. v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was spoilt by the rain; will spoil all the fun). b reduce a person s enjoyment etc. of (the news spoiled his dinner). 2 tr. injure the character of (esp. a… …
30spoil — [13] Latin spolium originally denoted ‘skin stripped from a killed animal’ (it went back ultimately to the Indo European base *spel ‘split, burst’, which also produced German spalten ‘split’, and probably English spill and split). It broadened… …
