lavishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of lavish
1
as in pours
to give readily and in large quantities doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

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2
as in spends
to use up carelessly a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

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Recent Examples of lavishes Bogost lavishes praise on hobbies (fly-fishing), crafts (knitting), and trades (woodworking) as ways to dwell in sensory experience. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 In one particularly confessional episode, the Belgian star lavishes his wife with praise while waxing lyrical about his past mistakes. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 When Ray lavishes attention on another biker’s pet pillion, Kevin (Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters), Colin sulks until his master unzips his trousers and gives him a treat. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 Majumdar lavishes her characters with careful attention, and so the reader comes to regard their most troubling actions as justified, if not inevitable. — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025 An ancillary of the brand’s best-selling, ambery-woody eau, each aluminum tube contains a quick-absorbing lotion that lavishes skin with moisture, keeping hands feeling comfortable and cuticles softened with its moisturizing blend of avocado oil, shea butter, plus green tea and chamomile extracts. — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Spain’s Mediterranean sun lavishes Sitges promenade, warming the sand and surf anew each day in summer. — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2025 Branagh lavishes close-ups on his actors and gives them standout moments in his screenplay, as when Caitriona Balfe, as Ma, goes into a long, impassioned speech about why the family mustn’t leave Belfast. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lavishes
  1. pours
  2. spends
  3. heaps
  4. loses
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  • To begin her drawings, Trouvé pours bleach onto blank sheets of industrial colored paper.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • That hasn’t changed much on Heavy Is the Crown, especially since Cordae spends a chunk of this otherwise fleet and playful album lagging behind his sparring partner.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Much of what corporate America spends on AI today funds exploratory pilots, a far cry from commercial deployments that generate measurable productivity gains.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of spends
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  • The Deb drama is far from over, as the film's director and costar Rebel Wilson heaps new allegations onto the already sizable legal pile.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of heaps
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  • As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • BetMGM is offering new users a promo code of FOXNEWS, which gives them up to $1,500 in bonuses if their first bet loses.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of loses

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“Lavishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lavishes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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