/spɔɪl/
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Translation
To make something bad or useless; food spoils when it becomes too old to eat.
Word origin
From Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliare, to strip or rob; the meaning moved from robbing to ruining.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- spoliare
Grammar
Verb typeregular (spoil, spoils, spoiled or spoilt)
Examples
spoiled picnic.
To spoil something is to stop it being good or enjoyable.
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Food that spoils goes bad and cannot be eaten.
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To spoil a child is to give them everything they want.
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