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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]