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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlævɪʃ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-lavish.ogg


Adjective

  1. expend|Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  2. superabundant|Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  3. * quotations
  4. : let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --w:shak|shak


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Verb

  1. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.


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et:lavish fr:lavish io:lavish hu:lavish ml:lavish pl:lavish ru:lavish ta:lavish te:lavish vi:lavish zh:lavish

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade
out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as,
lavish of money; lavish of praise.
[1913 Webster]

2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
[1913 Webster]

Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.

Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant;
immoderate. See Profuse.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished (-[i^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality;
to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet lavish
adj 1: 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" [syn: munificent, overgenerous, prodigal,
too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lucullan, lush, plush,
plushy]
v : expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was
showered with praise" [syn: shower]
Moby Dictionary
abounding , abundant , accord , administer , affluent , afford ,
alive with , all-sufficing , allot , allow , ample , aplenty , award ,
bestow , bestow on , bighearted , blow , bottomless , bounteous ,
bountiful , bristling , bursting , communicate , confer , copious ,
crawling , crowded , crowding , deal , deal out , diffuse , dish out ,
dispense , dissipate , dissipative , dole , dole out , donate ,
easy come , easy go , effuse , effusive , epidemic , exaggerated ,
excessive , exhaustless , expend , extend , extravagant , exuberant ,
fat , fertile , flush , fork out , free , freehanded , freehearted , full ,
galore , gamble away , generous , gift , gift with , give , give freely ,
give out , giving , go through , gorgeous , gracious , grant ,
greathearted , hand out , handsome , hang the expense , heap , help to ,
hospitable , immoderate , impart , impressive , improvident , in plenty ,
in profusion , in quantity , incontinent , inexhaustible , intemperate ,
issue , jam-packed , jammed , large , largehearted , let have , liberal ,
lush , luxuriant , luxurious , magnanimous , many , maximal , mete ,
mete out , much , munificent , numerous , offer , open , open-handed ,
openhanded , openhearted , opulent , overabundant , overbounteous ,
overcopious , overexuberant , overflowing , overgenerous , overlavish ,
overliberal , overluxuriant , overmuch , overnumerous , overplenteous ,
overplentiful , overplenty , overpopulated , overpopulous ,
overprolific , packed , penny-wise and pound-foolish , plenitudinous ,
plenteous , plentiful , plenty , plethoric , populous , pound-foolish ,
pour , present , prevailing , prevalent , princely , prodigal ,
productive , proffer , profligate , profuse , profusive , proliferating ,
prolific , pullulating , rain , rampant , render , replete , rich , rife ,
riotous , run through , running over , scatter , seize the day , serve ,
shell out , shower , sink , slather , slip , snow , sow broadcast , spend ,
spendthrift , splendid , squander , stintless , studded , sumptuous ,
superabundant , swarming , teeming , tender , thick , thick as hail ,
thick with , thick-coming , thronged , thronging , throw away ,
throw money around , thrust , uncurbed , ungrudging , unreasonable ,
unrestrained , unselfish , unsparing , unstinted , unstinting ,
vouchsafe , waste , wasteful , wealthy , well-found , well-furnished ,
well-provided , well-stocked , wholesale , yield


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