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1. (adj.) lavish
expended, bestowed, or occurring in abundance:
a lavish serving of food.
2. lavish
using or giving in great amounts; prodigal:
to be lavish with one's time or money; to be lavish of affection.
3. (v.t.) lavish
to expend or give in great amounts or without limit:
to lavish gifts on a person.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME lavas profusion (n.), profuse (adj.) < MF lavasse downpour of rain, der. of laver to wash < L lavāre)
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1. (adj) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
very generous
"distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
2. (verb) lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy
characterized by extravagance and profusion
"a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
3. (verb) lavish, shower
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
"He was showered with praise"
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1. (adjective) lavish
made with or using many items of high quality; = extravagant, luxurious
lavish set decorations; a lavish party
2. lavish
generous
lavish praise; lavishly dressed women; spending money lavishly
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1. (adj) lavish
expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise
2. (adj) lavish
superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits
3. (verb) lavish
to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise
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Sense: to spend or give very freely
She lavishes too much money on that child.
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 Afrikaans: verkwis |
 Arabic: يُغْدِقُ مالا |
 Bulgarian: прахосвам |
 Brazilian: gastar |
 Czech: utrácet, rozhazovat |
 German: verschwenden |
 Danish: overøse |
 Greek: δίνω αφειδώς, σπαταλώ |
 Spanish: prodigar |
 Estonian: (raha) pillama |
 Farsi: ولخرجی کردن |
 Finnish: tuhlata |
 French: dépenser/donner sans comp |
 Hebrew: לְהַעֲנִיק בְּיַד רְחָבָה |
 Hindi: उदार |
 Croatian: trošiti |
 Hungarian: pazarol |
 Indonesian: memberi banyak-banyak |
 Icelandic: eyða |
 Italian: profondere, essere prodig |
 Japanese: 気前よく使う |
 Korean: 아낌없이 주다 |
 Lithuanian: švaistyti |
 Latvian: izšķiest; izšķērdēt |
 Malay: membelanjakan atau member |
 Dutch: kwistig uitgeven |
 Norwegian: ødsle, sløse (bort) |
 Polish: obsypywać |
 Persian: ولخرجی کردن |
 Pashto: ډير مصرف كول |
 Portuguese: gastar |
 Romanian: a risipi, a cheltui (fără |
 Russian: расточать |
 Slovak: míňať, rozhadzovať |
 Slovenian: zapravljati |
 Serbian: izdašno davati |
 Swedish: slösa |
 Thai: ฟุ่มเฟือย |
 Turkish: cömertçe harcamak |
 Taiwanese: 慷慨地給予 |
 Ukrainian: бути щедрим, витрачатися |
 Urdu: فراخ دلی سے دینا |
 Vietnamese: cho hào phóng |
 Chinese: 慷慨地给予 |
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