SPOIL

Meaning of SPOIL in English

(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.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SPOIL — I. ˈspȯil, esp before pause or consonant -ȯiəl; dial ˈspī(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOIL — (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have …
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the …
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — — spoilable , adj. — spoilless , adj. /spoyl/ , v. , spoiled or spoilt, spoiling , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. ˈspȯi(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller Date: 14th century 1. a. : plunder taken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOIL — noun corruption; cause of corruption. 2. spoil ·vi to practice plunder or robbery. 3. spoil ·noun that which is gained …
Webster English vocab
SPOIL — [spoil] n [ME spoile, fr. MF espoille, fr. L spolia, pl. of spolium animal skin--more at spill] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPOIL — / spɔɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( spoiled , spoiled / spɔɪld; NAmE /) ( BrE also …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. spoil 1 S3 /spɔɪl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt /spɔɪlt/ British English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPOIL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPOIL — v. & n. v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPOIL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1. tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Oxford English vocab
SPOIL — ( spoils, spoiling, spoiled, spoilt) Note: American English uses the form 'spoiled' as the past tense and past participle. British …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a spoilt/spoiled child (= allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPOIL — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: RAVAGE , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste 2 Synonyms: INJURE 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPOIL — I. noun something taken from another by force or craft gold, jewels, and paintings are often spoils of war Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPOIL — I. noun Spoil is used before these nouns: ↑ heap II. verb 1 make sth useless/unsuccessful/not very good ADVERB ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) обыкн. мн., коллект. добыча; прибыль, выгода 2) мн.; амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPOIL — spoil.ogg 1. spɔıl n _I 1. 1> военная добыча, трофеи spoils (of war) - военная добыча, трофеи to the victors …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPOIL — 1) вынутый 2) вынутый грунт 3) добыча 4) запороть 5) излеживаться 6) отвал 7) портить • - spoil part - spoil the flow
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPOIL — 1. spɔıl n I 1. 1> военная добыча, трофеи spoils (of war) - военная добыча, трофеи to the victors belong …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) добыча (военная), военные трофеи 2) амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на выборах 2. гл. портить(ся) - be spoiled in …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
SPOIL — отвальный грунт, пустая порода - coarse spoil - colliery spoil
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SPOIL — spoil vt AmE sl His job it is to make sure no one gets close enough to Mr Big to …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) обыкн. мн., коллект. добыча; прибыль, выгода 2) мн.; амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPOIL — v. bosillar, damagear, ruinar; (despoil) spoliar; (go bad) putrir; (overindulge) dorlotar
English interlingue dictionary
SPOIL — kawang
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPOIL — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller Date: 14th century 1. plunder taken from an enemy …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPOIL — (n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( v. i. ) To practice plunder or robbery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( v. i. ) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) That which is gained by strength or effort.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( n. ) Corruption; cause of corruption.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — v. damage; impair, detract from; ruin by excessive indulgence, pamper too much; go bad, decay (of food); plunder, pillage, rob
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPOIL — n. plunder, loot, goods taken from an enemy in a war or in a robbery; waste material (i.e. earth dug …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPOIL — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: spoiled \ ' spo ̇ i(- ə )ld, ' spo ̇ i(- ə )lt \ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPOIL — n. Pronunciation: ' spo ̇ i(- ə )l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPOIL — ■ verb ( past and past participle ~t ( chiefly Brit. ) or ~ed ) 1》 diminish or destroy the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPOIL — spoil BrE AmE spɔɪ ə l ▷ spoiled spɔɪ ə ld ▷ spoiling ˈspɔɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ spoils spɔɪ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPOIL — (~s, ~ing, ~ed, ~t) Note: American English uses the form '~ed' as the past tense and past participle. British English …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPOIL — for - be spoiling for a fight to be very eager to fight or argueLocal councillors are spoiling for a …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPOIL — n. Function: noun something taken from another by force or craft FF1C; gold, jewels, and paintings are often spoils of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPOIL — I . v. a. 1. Plunder, rob, de~, fleece, strip, ravage, waste. 2. Injure, harm, disfigure, mar, damage, ruin, destroy. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SPOIL — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SPOIL — See ↑ KIND 3, ↑ SPOIL 1,2,3,4
Longman Activator English vocab
SPOIL — v. ( d ; intr. ; usu. in a progressive form) to ~ for ('to seek') (to be ~ing for …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SPOIL — Dirt or rock removed from its original location--destroying the composition of the soil in the process--as in strip-mining, dredging, or …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

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