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- [spoil]
- /spɔɪl/
- /spɔɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spoil]
- /spɔɪl/
Definitions of spoils word
- verb with object spoils to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop. 1
- verb with object spoils to diminish or impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled their vacation. 1
- verb with object spoils to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of (someone) by unwise treatment, excessive indulgence, etc.: to spoil a child by pampering him. 1
- verb with object spoils Archaic. to strip (persons, places, etc.) of goods, valuables, etc.; plunder; pillage; despoil. 1
- verb with object spoils Archaic. to take or seize by force. 1
- verb without object spoils to become bad, or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances; become tainted or putrid: Milk spoils if not refrigerated. 1
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Origin of spoils
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (v.) Middle English spoilen < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, equivalent to spoli(um) booty + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) derivative of the v. or < Old French espoille, derivative of espoillier
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Parts of speech for Spoils
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spoils popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
spoils usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spoils
noun spoils
- booty — Booty is a collection of valuable things stolen from a place, especially by soldiers after a battle.
- carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- meed — a reward or recompense.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
Top questions with spoils
- what was the spoils system?
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- how did the spoils system make political parties more powerful?
- how did the spoils system develop?
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- what were government jobs based on under the spoils system?
- what ended the spoils system?
- what happens when milk spoils?
- what is spoils of war?
- what were the three types of spoils?
- which food never spoils?
- what does spoils mean?
- what spoils milk?
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