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English noun: fritter | |||
| 1. | fritter (food) small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | friedcake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apple fritter, corn fritter | ||
English verb: fritter | |||
| 1. | fritter (consumption) spend frivolously and unwisely | ||
| Samples | Fritter away one's inheritance. | ||
| Synonyms | dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter away, frivol away, shoot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, squander, ware, waste | ||
| Entail | consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
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