frit away
1frit´ter|er — frit|ter1 «FRIHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to waste little by little: »to fritter away one s savings. He frittered away both time and energy reading worthless books. The allies…frittered away precious time in…disputes (H. G. Wells). 2. to cut or …
2frit|ter — frit|ter1 «FRIHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to waste little by little: »to fritter away one s savings. He frittered away both time and energy reading worthless books. The allies…frittered away precious time in…disputes (H. G. Wells). 2. to cut or …
3Frit — Frit, v. t. To fritter; with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] …
4To fritter away — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …
5fritter — frit|ter1 [ˈfrıtə US ər] fritter away [fritter sth<=>away] phr v to waste time, money, or effort on something small or unimportant fritter something<=>away on ▪ He frittered away a fortune on fast cars and gambling. fritter 2 fritter2 …
6fritter — frit|ter1 [ frıtər ] noun count a food made by covering a piece of food in BATTER and cooking it in hot fat: apple fritters fritter frit|ter 2 [ frıtər ] verb ,fritter a way phrasal verb transitive to waste time or money on things that are not… …
7Laboratory glassware — Three beakers, a conical flask, a graduated cylinder and a volumetric flask …
8fritter — I frit•ter [[t]ˈfrɪt ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usu. fol. by away): to fritter away one s money[/ex] 2) to break or tear into small pieces or shreds 3) to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, etc. (often… …
9Iranian pottery — Pottery vessel, fourth millennium B.C. The Sialk collection of Tehran s National Museum of Iran …
10fritter — fritter1 fritterer, n. /frit euhr/, v.t. 1. to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually fol. by away): to fritter away one s money; to fritter away an afternoon. 2. to break or tear into small pieces or shreds. v.i. 3. to… …
