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прахосвам — meaning in English

prahosvam

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English meaning

  • dilapidate verb To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
  • fritter noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
  • lavish adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
  • squander verb To waste money, time, or an opportunity carelessly.
  • trifle noun A British dessert layered with sponge cake, custard, fruit, jelly, and whipped cream.
  • waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

прахосвам is used for these senses in English:

  • dilapidate (transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.
  • fritter (intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
  • lavish (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
  • squander To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
  • trifle (transitive) To squander or waste.
  • waste (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

dilapidate — full definition

  1. verb To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
  2. verb To squander or waste.
  3. verb To fall into ruin or disuse.

fritter — full definition

  1. noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
  2. verb To waste time, money, or effort gradually on unimportant things.

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