Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fritter
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English fritour, from Anglo-French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frictura, from Latin frictus, past participle of frigere to roast Date: 14th century a small mass of fried or sauteed batter often containing fruit or meat II. verb Etymology: ~, noun (fragment, shred) Date: 1728 transitive verb 1. to spend or waste bit by bit, on trifles, or without commensurate return — usually used with away 2. to break into small fragments intransitive verb dissipate, dwindle • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by away) waste (money, time, energy, etc.) triflingly, indiscriminately, or on divided aims. 2 archaic subdivide. Etymology: obs. n. fritter(s) fragments = obs. fitters (n.pl.), perh. rel. to MHG vetze rag 2. n. a piece of fruit, meat, etc., coated in batter and deep-fried (apple fritter). Etymology: ME f. OF friture ult. f. L frigere frict- FRY(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. оладья, пончик (с яблоками) 2. маленький кусочек, остаток 3. удобрение из китовых отходов 4. делить на мелкие части 5. делиться, распадаться на мелкие части ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) оладья (часто с яблоками и т.п.) 2) отрывок 2. v. 1) делить на мелкие части 2) растрачивать по мелочам (обыкн. fritter away) Youve been frittering away the whole afternoon instead of working. Its easy to fritter away a fortune if youre not careful. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a thin piece of fruit, vegetable, or meat covered with a mixture of eggs and flour and cooked in hot fat (apple/corn/banana fritter (=made of apple, corn etc)) ~2 fritter sth away phr v to waste time, money, or effort on something small or unimportant + on (They frittered their pocket-money away on sweets.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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