spoil

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Definizione monolingua


spoil


Verb

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


  1. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. [from 14th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:
      All that herde hym wer amased and sayde: ys nott this he that spoylled them whych called on this name in Jerusalem?
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VII:
      To do her dye (quoth Vna) were despight, / And shame tauenge so weake an enimy; / But spoile her of her scarlot robe, and let her fly.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:
      Roger, that rich Bishop of Salisbury, [...] spoiled of his goods by King Stephen, [...] through grief ran mad, spoke and did he knew not what.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). [from 14th c.]
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. [14th-19th c.]
  5. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. [from 16th c.]
    • 2011, ‘What the Arab papers say’, The Economist, 5 Aug 2011:
      ‘This is a great day for us. Let us not spoil it by saying the wrong thing, by promoting a culture of revenge, or by failing to treat the former president with respect.’
  6. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
  7. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
    Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.
  8. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. [from 19th c.]
    • 2003, David Nicoll, The Guardian, letter:
      Dr Jonathan Grant (Letters, April 22) feels the best way to show his disaffection with political parties over Iraq is to spoil his ballot paper.
  9. (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
Noun

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.

Definizione dizionario spoil


rovinare
  ruin
viziare
  to coddle or pamper
danneggiare
bottino
  plunder taken from an enemy or victim
andare a male
andare
  become sour
male
  become sour
accarezzare
coccolare
deteriorare
deturpare
distruggere
guadagno
guastare
preda
profitto
saccheggiare
sciupare
spoglia
storpiare
utile
vezzeggiare

Altri significati:
  (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  To hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
  (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
  (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
  spoil (a child)
  eat into (e.g. by worms)
  (transitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). [from 14th c.]
  (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. [from 19th c.]
  (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
  (to) spoil (a child)
  (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. [14th-19th c.]
  (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions, armour etc.; to despoil. [from 14th c.]
  (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. [from 16th c.]

Traduzione spoil


rovinare ,viziare ,danneggiare ,bottino ,andare a male

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