4. (adj)spare, trim thin and fit "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
5. (adj)excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus more than is needed, desired, or required "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
6. (adj)spare, free not taken up by scheduled activities "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
7. (adj)spare kept in reserve especially for emergency use "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
8. (adj)bare(a), scanty, spare lacking in amplitude or quantity "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
9. (verb)plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented lacking embellishment or ornamentation "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
11. (verb)spare save or relieve from an experience or action "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
12. (verb)spare, give up, part with, dispense with give up what is not strictly needed "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
1. (adjective)spare extra and available to use if necessary a spare tire in the trunk of the car; Do you have a spare pen I could borrow?; I have no spare time at all this week.
2. (verb)spare to give sth to sb when you havemore than you need I have some paper I can spare.; Can you spare anyone to help us out?
3. spare to save from having to suffer She was spared the embarrassment of having to apologize.
4. spare spare sb's life to not kill sb She begged them to spare her father's life.
5. spare spare no effort/expense etc. to make a big effort, spend a lot of money, etc. He spared no expense on the wedding.
6. spare to spare left over, extra I have twenty minutes to spare, so let's get some coffee.; I bought two pairs of jeans and still had money to spare.
7. (noun)spare an extra of sth that you can use if necessary The batteries are dead, and I don't have any spares.
Definition of 'Spare'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Spare to use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save
2. (adj)Spare to keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give
9. (noun)Spare that which has not been used or expended
10. (noun)Spare the right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than threebowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a singlespare
11. (verb)Spare to be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious