Meaning of lavish

(adj) 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"

characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"

(verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"