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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Squander \Squan"der\, n. The act of squandering; waste. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Squander \Squan"der\ (skw[o^]n"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered (-d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. [1913 Webster] The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Squander \Squan"der\, v. i. 1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. [1913 Webster] They often squandered, but they never gave. --Savage. [1913 Webster] 2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] [1913 Webster] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. --Shak. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Squander \Squan"der\, v. i. 1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. They often squandered, but they never gave. --Savage. 2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. --Shak.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Squander \Squan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. 2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Squander \Squan"der\, n. The act of squandering; waste.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
squander v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: waste, blow] [ant: conserve] 2: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, waste, ware]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
squander Αγγλικά vb. σπαταλάω, ξοδεύω, χαραμίζω, κατασπαταλώ, πετάωFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
squander vb. 1 To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. 2 (lb en obsolete) To scatter; to disperse. 3 (lb en obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
squander vb. 1 To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. 2 (lb en obsolete) To scatter; to disperse. 3 (lb en obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
squander vb. 1 To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. 2 (lb en obsolete) To scatter; to disperse. 3 (lb en obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
squander vb. 1 To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. 2 (lb en obsolete) To scatter; to disperse. 3 (lb en obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
squander Englanti vb. törsätä, tuhlata (hillittömästi), haaskata, hävittää (omaisuus, rahat)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
squander Engelska vb. slösaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Squander /skwˈɒndə/ بذّرFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
squander //ˈskwɑn.dɚ// //ˈskwɒnd.ə// /[ˈskwɒnd.ə]/ /[ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]прахосвам, пропилявам to waste
squander /skwˈɒndə/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]promarnit
squander /skwˈɒndə/ mrhatFrom Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
squander /skwˈɒndə/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]camdreulio
squander /skwˈɒndə/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]camwario
squander /skwˈɒndə/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]afradloni
squander /skwˈɒndə/ σπαταλώ, κατασπαταλώ, καταδαπανώ, διασπαθίζωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
squander //ˈskwɑn.dɚ// //ˈskwɒnd.ə// /[ˈskwɒnd.ə]/ /[ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]haaskata, tuhlata, törsätä to waste
squander /skwˈɒndə/ proćerdati, rasipanje, traćenjeFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
squander //ˈskwɑn.dɚ// //ˈskwɒnd.ə// /[ˈskwɒnd.ə]/ /[ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]/From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]乱費, 使い尽くす, 浪費 to waste
squander /ˈskwɒndə/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]trwonić, roztrwaniać
squander //ˈskwɑn.dɚ// //ˈskwɒnd.ə// /[ˈskwɒnd.ə]/ /[ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]slösa to waste
squander /skwˈɒndə/ 1. israf etmek, boş yere harcamak, (colloq.) çarçur etmek 2. israf, boş yere harcama.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈskwɑndɝ/
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "squander": ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, blow, budget, burn up, consume, cost, cost out, decrease, deplete, depreciate, digest, disburse, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, extravagancy, finish, finish off, fool away, fork out, fritter, gamble away, go through, gobble, gobble up, hang the expense, impoverish, incur costs, ingest, invest, lavish, lavishness, lay out, open the purse, outlay, overdoing, pay, pay out, prodigality, put out, run through, scatter, schedule, seize the day, shell out, shrink, sink money in, slather, sow broadcast, spend, splurge, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, throw, throw away, throw money around, use up, waste, waste away, wastefulness, wear, wear awayFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 浪费,使...散开;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 浪费,使分散 vi. 浪费,漂泊,四散