Spoil

[spɒɪl] or [spɔɪl]

Definition

(noun.) the act of stripping and taking by force.

(noun.) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; 'her spoiling my dress was deliberate'.

(noun.) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); 'to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy'.

(verb.) become unfit for consumption or use; 'the meat must be eaten before it spoils'.

Typist: Richard--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

(v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

(v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

(v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

(v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.

(v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

(n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

(n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.

(n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.

(n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

(n.) Corruption; cause of corruption.

(n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

Edited by Leopold

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste.[2]. Injure, harm, disfigure, mar.

v. n. [1]. Steal, pilfer, engage in robbery.[2]. Decay, be corrupted.

n. Booty, pillage, plunder, prey, rapine.

Typed by Felix

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Plunder, strip, rob, devastate, pillage, denude, corrupt, vitiate, mar,deteriorate

ANT:Invest, enrich, endow, replenish, renovate, improve, better, ameliorate,rectify, preserve

Edited by Everett

Definition

v.t. to corrupt: to mar: to make useless.—v.i. to decay: to become useless.—ns. Spoil′er a corrupter; Spoil′-five a round game of cards played with the whole pack each one of the three to ten players receiving five cards.—adj. Spoil′ful (Spens.) wasteful rapacious.—n. Spoils′man one who looks for profit out of politics.

v.t. to take by force: to plunder.—v.i. to practise robbery.—n. prey plunder: pillage: robbery.—n. Spoil′er one who spoils a plunderer.—n.pl. Spō′lia opī′ma the most valued spoils—taken by a Roman commander from the enemy's commander in single combat; hence supreme rewards or honours generally.

Edited by Henry