Spoil can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| spoil - become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" | ||
| spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" | ||
| spoil - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" | ||
| spoil - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" | ||
| spoil - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" | ||
| spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" | ||
| spoil - alter from the original | ||
| spoil - have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" | ||
Noun |
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| spoil - the act of stripping and taking by force | ||
| spoil - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" | ||
| spoil - (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" |
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| 1. | verb | I spent quite a bit because I spoil my little princess. | |
| 2. | verb | Spare the rod and spoil the child. | |
| 3. | verb | Don't spoil the children. | |
| 4. | verb | Don't spoil your child. | |
| 5. | verb | As long as it doesn't spoil the weekend! | |
| 6. | verb | Comfort can spoil you. Once in a while, it can do you good to corner yourself. | |
| 7. | verb | Does milk spoil quickly? | |
| 8. | verb | Too many cooks spoil the broth. | |
| 9. | verb | Wash the chicory and remove the leaves which may spoil. | |
| 10. | verb | I'm sorry to spoil your plans. | |
| 11. | verb | Don't spoil your appetite. | |
| 12. | verb | "Mom, can I buy me an ice cream?" "No way, because if I let you, it will spoil your dinner." | |
| 13. | verb | Too many expedients may spoil a business. | |
| 14. | verb | I don't want to spoil the ending for you. | |
| 15. | verb | Let's not spoil it. | |
| 16. | noun | When the pirates saw the handsome youth, who, they knew, would be a prize of greater value than all the plunder they could find in the fields, they ceased to pursue the goats or to search for other spoil, and dragged him to their vessel, while he wept in despair, and called loudly on his Chloe. | |
| 17. | noun | We are even now watching over her, and the Methymnaeans shall not make her a slave, nor treat her as part of their spoil. | |
| 18. | noun | We, sword in hand, make onset, and invite / the gods and Jove himself the spoil to share, / and piling couches, banquet on the fare. | |
| 19. | noun | Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| I spent quite a bit because I spoil my little princess. |
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| Spare the rod and spoil the child. | |
| Don't spoil the children. | |
| Don't spoil your child. | |
| As long as it doesn't spoil the weekend! | |
| Comfort can spoil you. Once in a while, it can do you good to corner yourself. | |
| Does milk spoil quickly? | |
| Too many cooks spoil the broth. | |
| Wash the chicory and remove the leaves which may spoil. | |
| I'm sorry to spoil your plans. | |
| Don't spoil your appetite. | |
| "Mom, can I buy me an ice cream?" "No way, because if I let you, it will spoil your dinner." | |
| Too many expedients may spoil a business. | |
| I don't want to spoil the ending for you. | |
| Let's not spoil it. | |
| noun | |
| When the pirates saw the handsome youth, who, they knew, would be a prize of greater value than all the plunder they could find in the fields, they ceased to pursue the goats or to search for other spoil, and dragged him to their vessel, while he wept in despair, and called loudly on his Chloe. | |
| We are even now watching over her, and the Methymnaeans shall not make her a slave, nor treat her as part of their spoil. | |
| We, sword in hand, make onset, and invite / the gods and Jove himself the spoil to share, / and piling couches, banquet on the fare. | |
| Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil. | |