Definition of Spoil
Spoil
spoil
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to ruin or impair in value or quality;
e.g. If you eat dessert too early it will spoil your appetite before dinner.
(verb)
to harm or impair someone's character by being overindulgent or too lenient; to pamper;
e.g. She spoils her kids by never punishing them and always giving them whatever they want, no matter how expensive.
(verb)
(of food and perishables) to become bad or unfit for consumption;
e.g. The milk and cheese will spoil if you don't put it in the refrigerator.
(noun)
goods that are stolen or taken forcibly from someone;
e.g. The robbers dumped all the spoils into their car and sped off.
(noun)
waste material which is cast up while excavating, mining, etc.;
e.g. Heaps of spoil were taken out while excavating the land.
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