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Spoilt
- verb - (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
- affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"
- alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second m
Spoken
- verb - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
- express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
- use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
- uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"
Spokes
- noun - one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
Sponge
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- soak up with a sponge
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spongy
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Spoofs
- noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
Spooks
- noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- Term for an undercover agent
Spooky
- adjective - Scary
- unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Spools
- noun - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
- wind onto a spool or a reel
Spoons
- noun - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
- as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"
- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others