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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;
- Example: "He was showered with praise"
[syn: lavish, shower]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. very generous;
- Example: "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"
- Example: "the critics were lavish in their praise"
- Example: "a munificent gift"
- Example: "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"
- Example: "prodigal praise"
- Example: "unsparing generosity"
- Example: "his unstinted devotion"
- Example: "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
[syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]

2. characterized by extravagance and profusion;
- Example: "a lavish buffet"
- Example: "a lucullan feast"
[syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting] 2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy] v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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