spoiling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spoiling	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spoiling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spoiling n the process of becoming spoiled [syn: spoilage, spoiling] the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" Synonym(s): spoil, spoiling, spoilage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled}or {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. [bd]Ye shall spoil the Egyptians.[b8] --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.