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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished (-[i^]sht); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
     To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
     to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
     out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
     1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
        lavish of money; lavish of praise.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.
  
     Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
          immoderate. See Profuse.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
     out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
     1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
        lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  
     2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  
              Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.
  
     Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
          immoderate. See Profuse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished (-[i^]sht); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
     To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
     to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  lavish
       adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the
              critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
              gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his
              mother a quarter and he thought them munificent";
              "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his
              unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to
              Britain" [syn: munificent, overgenerous, prodigal,
               too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
       2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
          buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lucullan, lush, plush,
           plushy]
       v : expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was
           showered with praise" [syn: shower]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     a.
     1 expend or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
     2 superabundant; excessive.
     3 (lb en obsolete) unrestrained, impetuous.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion,
  prodigality.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     a.
     1 expend or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
     2 superabundant; excessive.
     3 (lb en obsolete) unrestrained, impetuous.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion,
  prodigality.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     a.
     1 expend or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
     2 superabundant; excessive.
     3 (lb en obsolete) unrestrained, impetuous.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion,
  prodigality.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     a.
     1 expend or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
     2 superabundant; excessive.
     3 (lb en obsolete) unrestrained, impetuous.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion,
  prodigality.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
     2 (lb en transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     Englanti a.
     1 ylenpalttinen
     2 avokätinen, tuhlaavainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lavish
     Engelska a.
     1 slösaktig
     2 påkostad
     Engelska vb.
     vara slösaktig med

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  مسرف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  1. разточителен
  excessive
  2. обилен
  profuse

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  1. прахосвам, разхищавам
  to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander
  2. раздавам щедро
  to give out to (somebody) extremely generously

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  plýtvat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  štědrý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  freigiebig, freigebig, großzügig, spendabel, spendierfreudig, gebefreudig, generös [geh.] , splendid  [veraltend]  [soc.]
           Note: jdm. gegenüber / mit etw.
        "He has always been lavish with her."  - Er war ihr gegenüber immer großzügig.
        "be lavish in/with sth."  - mit etw. großzügig sein
     Synonyms: generous, open-handed
  
           Note: with sb. / with/in sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  verschwenden 
   see: lavishing, lavished, lavishes, lavished
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  üppig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  verschwenderisch 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  
  επιδαψιλεύω, πολυτελής

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  1. ylenpalttinen
  excessive
  2. avokätinen, tuhlaavainen
  profuse

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  syytää, tuhlata
  to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/ 
  1. उदार
        "He was very lavish with his money to help the poor. "
  2. फिजूलखर्च
        "His father does not like his lavish style of life. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  rasipan, rasipati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  1. bôséges
  2. pazar
  3. pazarló
  4. pompás
  5. bôkezû

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  lavish /ˈlævɪʃ/
  I.   1.  hojny
   2.  szczodry
   3.  luksusowy
  II.    obdarowywać (sth on sb - kogoś czymś)  (sth upon sb - kogoś czymś) , zarzucać (sth on sb - kogoś czymś)  (sth upon sb - kogoś czymś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/  
  1. extravagante, exuberante
  2. excessivo, generoso
  3. gastar excessivamente
  4. usar sem moderação

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  1. flådig, riklig
  excessive
  2. påkostad
  profuse

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  lavish //ˈlævɪʃ// 
  slösa, överösa
  to expend or bestow with profusion; to squander

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  lavish /lˈavɪʃ/
  1. müsrif, savurgan
  2. mebzul, bol, pek çok
  3. israf etmek, bol bol harcamak. lavish gifts on one birine bol bol hediye vermek, hediyelere gark etmek. lavishness  müsriflik, savurganlık, ifrat.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫævɪʃ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  209 Moby Thesaurus words for "lavish":
     abounding, abundant, accord, administer, affluent, afford,
     alive with, all-sufficing, allot, allow, ample, aplenty, award,
     bestow, bestow on, bighearted, blow, bottomless, bounteous,
     bountiful, bristling, bursting, communicate, confer, copious,
     crawling, crowded, crowding, deal, deal out, diffuse, dish out,
     dispense, dissipate, dissipative, dole, dole out, donate,
     easy come, easy go, effuse, effusive, epidemic, exaggerated,
     excessive, exhaustless, expend, extend, extravagant, exuberant,
     fat, fertile, flush, fork out, free, freehanded, freehearted, full,
     galore, gamble away, generous, gift, gift with, give, give freely,
     give out, giving, go through, gorgeous, gracious, grant,
     greathearted, hand out, handsome, hang the expense, heap, help to,
     hospitable, immoderate, impart, impressive, improvident, in plenty,
     in profusion, in quantity, incontinent, inexhaustible, intemperate,
     issue, jam-packed, jammed, large, largehearted, let have, liberal,
     lush, luxuriant, luxurious, magnanimous, many, maximal, mete,
     mete out, much, munificent, numerous, offer, open, open-handed,
     openhanded, openhearted, opulent, overabundant, overbounteous,
     overcopious, overexuberant, overflowing, overgenerous, overlavish,
     overliberal, overluxuriant, overmuch, overnumerous, overplenteous,
     overplentiful, overplenty, overpopulated, overpopulous,
     overprolific, packed, penny-wise and pound-foolish, plenitudinous,
     plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plethoric, populous, pound-foolish,
     pour, present, prevailing, prevalent, princely, prodigal,
     productive, proffer, profligate, profuse, profusive, proliferating,
     prolific, pullulating, rain, rampant, render, replete, rich, rife,
     riotous, run through, running over, scatter, seize the day, serve,
     shell out, shower, sink, slather, slip, snow, sow broadcast, spend,
     spendthrift, splendid, squander, stintless, studded, sumptuous,
     superabundant, swarming, teeming, tender, thick, thick as hail,
     thick with, thick-coming, thronged, thronging, throw away,
     throw money around, thrust, uncurbed, ungrudging, unreasonable,
     unrestrained, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting,
     vouchsafe, waste, wasteful, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished,
     well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 大方的,丰富的,浪费的;
  v. 浪费,慷慨给予;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 大方的,丰富的,浪费的
     vt. 浪费,滥用,慷慨给予

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