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


  Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. i.
     1. To practice plunder or robbery.
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              Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break
              forth to rob and spoil.               --Spenser.
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     2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay;
        as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spoil \Spoil\, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.]
     1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially,
        the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
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              Gentle gales,
              Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense
              Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole
              Those balmy spoils.                   --Milton.
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     2. 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.
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              From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the
              coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle,
              but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil.
                                                    --Gibbon.
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     3. That which is gained by strength or effort.
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              Each science and each art his spoil.  --Bentley.
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     4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
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              The man that hath no music in himself,
              Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
              Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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     5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic]
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              Villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
        [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an
        excavation, as of a canal.
  
     The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding
        public offices and their emoluments as so much plunder to
        be distributed among their active partisans by those who
        are chosen to responsible offices of administration.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spoil \Spoil\ (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled (spoild) or
     Spoilt (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier,
     OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf.
     Despoil, Spoliation.]
     1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
        with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
        one of his goods or possessions. ``Ye shall spoil the
        Egyptians.'' --Ex. iii. 22.
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              My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
              Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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              No man can enter into a strong man's house, and
              spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
              strong man.                           --Mark iii.
                                                    27.
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     3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
        mar.
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              Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
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     4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
        to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
        by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiledor Spoilt; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L.
     spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.]
     1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
        with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
        one of his goods or possession. ``Ye shall spoil the
        Egyptians.'' --Ex. iii. 22.
  
              My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of
              his kingdom, and deprived of eues.    --Pope.
  
     2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
  
              No man can enter into a strong man's house, and
              spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
              strong man.                           --Mark iii.
                                                    27.
  
     3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to
        mar.
  
              Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
  
     4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
        to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
        by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

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


  Spoil \Spoil\, v. i.
     1. To practice plunder or robbery.
  
              Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break
              forth to rob and spoil.               --Spenser.
  
     2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay;
        as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

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


  Spoil \Spoil\, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.]
     1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially,
        the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
  
              Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings,
              dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they
              stole Those balmy spoils.             --Milton.
  
     2. 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.
  
              From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the
              coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle,
              but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil.
                                                    --Gibbon.
  
     3. That which is gained by strength or effort.
  
              each science and each art his spoil.  --Bentley.
  
     4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
  
              The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not
              moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for
              treason, stratagems, and spoil.       --Shak.
  
     5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic]
  
              Villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
        [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
     Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an
        excavation, as of a canal.
  
     The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding
        public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be
        distributed among their active partisans by those who are
        chosen to responsible offices of administration.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spoil
       n 1: (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in
            war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
       2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
          spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: spoiling, spoilage]
       3: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoliation,
           spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation]
       v 1: 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" [syn: botch,
             bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
             screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix,
             bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle,
             louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
       2: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten
          before it spoils" [syn: go bad]
       3: alter from the original [syn: corrupt]
       4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
          the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
           pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
           mollycoddle, indulge]
       5: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
          ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
          September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer,
           scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk]
       6: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is
          itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a
          fight" [syn: itch]
       7: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
          beautiful country" [syn: rape, despoil, violate, plunder]
       8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair,
           deflower, vitiate]
       [also: spoilt]

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


  spoil
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (μτβ) χαλάω κάτι (το καταστρέφω)
     2 (μτβ) χαλάω κάποιον (τον κακομαθαίνω)
     3 (αμτβ) χαλάω (για φαγητό)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) χαλάω κάτι (το καταστρέφω)
     2 (μτβ) χαλάω κάποιον (τον κακομαθαίνω)
     3 (αμτβ) χαλάω (για φαγητό)

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


  spoil
     n.
     1 (Also in plural: '''spoils''') plunder taken from an enemy or
  victim.
     2 (lb en archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim;
  spoliation, pillage, rapine.
     3 (lb en uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the
  course of an excavation, or in mining or dredge. tailings. Such material
  could be utilised somewhere else.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or
  defeated) of their arms or armour. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their
  possessions; to rob, despoil. (from 14th c.)
     3 (lb en ambitransitive archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country
  etc.). (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to
  steal.  14th 19th c.)

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


  spoil
     n.
     1 (Also in plural: '''spoils''') plunder taken from an enemy or
  victim.
     2 (lb en archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim;
  spoliation, pillage, rapine.
     3 (lb en uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the
  course of an excavation, or in mining or dredge. tailings. Such material
  could be utilised somewhere else.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or
  defeated) of their arms or armour. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their
  possessions; to rob, despoil. (from 14th c.)
     3 (lb en ambitransitive archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country
  etc.). (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to
  steal.  14th 19th c.)

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


  spoil
     n.
     1 (Also in plural: '''spoils''') plunder taken from an enemy or
  victim.
     2 (lb en archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim;
  spoliation, pillage, rapine.
     3 (lb en uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the
  course of an excavation, or in mining or dredge. tailings. Such material
  could be utilised somewhere else.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or
  defeated) of their arms or armour. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their
  possessions; to rob, despoil. (from 14th c.)
     3 (lb en ambitransitive archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country
  etc.). (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to
  steal.  14th 19th c.)

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


  spoil
     n.
     1 (Also in plural: '''spoils''') plunder taken from an enemy or
  victim.
     2 (lb en archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim;
  spoliation, pillage, rapine.
     3 (lb en uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the
  course of an excavation, or in mining or dredge. tailings. Such material
  could be utilised somewhere else.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or
  defeated) of their arms or armour. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en transitive archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their
  possessions; to rob, despoil. (from 14th c.)
     3 (lb en ambitransitive archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country
  etc.). (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en transitive obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to
  steal.  14th 19th c.)

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


  spoil
     Englanti vb.
     1 pilata
     2 hemmotella pilalle

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


  spoil
     Engelska n.
     rov, byte
     Engelska vb.
     1 förstöra
     2 skämma bort, klema bort
     3 spoila

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  spoil /spˈɔɪl/
  1. bederf, beskadig
  2. bederwe

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


  Spoil /spˈɔɪl/
  الغنائم

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


  spoil //spɔɪl// 
  плячка, трофе́й
  plunder taken from an enemy or victim

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


  spoil //spɔɪl// 
  1. развалям се
  become sour or rancid, to decay
  2. развалям
  ruin
  3. обирам, ограбвам
  strip
  4. разглезвам
  to coddle or pamper