Meaning of SQUANDER
| Pronunciation: | | 'skwândur
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- [v] spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
- [v] spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
- [v] spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
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| | Synonyms: | | blow, consume, ware, waste |
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| | Antonyms: | | conserve, economise, economize, husband, lay aside, save, save up | | |
| | See Also: | | burn, dissipate, drop, drop, expend, expend, fling, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, lavish, luxuriate, overspend, shoot, shower, spend, spend, splurge, use, wanton | |
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\Squan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squandered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Squandering}.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water
about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan.
sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander,
Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.]
Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or
wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to
dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
The crime of squandering health is equal to the
folly. --Rambler.
Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
\Squan"der\, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
They often squandered, but they never gave.
--Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.]
The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by
squandering glances of the fool. --Shak.
\Squan"der\, n.
The act of squandering; waste.
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