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Become unfit for consumption or use
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spoiling
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. plunder; pillage vb. (present participle of spoil English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of becoming spoiled [syn: spoilage ] the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: spoil , spoilage ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; ...
Usage examples of spoiling.
I had puzzled my head for several hours as to what substitute I could find for tinder--the only thing I still lacked, and which I could not ask for under any pretense whatsoever--when I remembered that I had told the tailor to put some under the armpits of my coat to prevent the perspiration spoiling the stuff.
The young author laughed, and said it could not be done without spoiling the style.
Erica wandered about the shady Mountshire woods with Gladys and the children, and in the cool restfulness, in the stillness and beauty, got a firm hold on her lofty ideal, and rose about the petty vexations and small frictions which had been spoiling her life at Greyshot.
A green mold flourished in the heavy rain, attacking our clothes and spoiling our food.
King Cole is spoiling for want of exercise, and he does not run well as part of a pair.
To his considerable astonishment, she was not raging at him, spoiling for a fight, but crumpled on her knees by the bed, sobbing in a muffled fashion.
He also wanted to know who had left the front gate open, since a cow had strayed in from the road, and was spoiling the croquet lawn.
I was nearly spoiling the efficacy of the operation when I saw the grimaces they made in trying to keep serious.
My passion for Leah was spoiling my appetite, and I thus saw myself deprived of my secondary pleasure without any prospect of gaining my primary enjoyment.