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Definition of 'Spare' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) spare
to refrain from harming, punishing, or killing.

2.  spare
to deal gently or leniently with:
His harsh review spared no one.

3.  spare
to save, as from strain or discomfort:
to spare you needless embarrassment.

4.  spare
to omit or withhold:
Spare the gory details.

5.  spare
to refrain from employing:
to spare the rod.

6.  spare
to give or lend, as from a supply, esp. without inconvenience:
Can you spare a cup of sugar?

7.  spare
to set aside for a particular purpose.

8.  spare
to use or give frugally:
Don't spare the whipped cream!

9. (v.i.) spare
to use economy; be frugal.

10.  spare
to refrain from inflicting injury or punishment; exercise lenience or mercy.

11. (adj.) spare
kept in reserve, as for possible use:
a spare part.

12.  spare
being in excess of present need; free for other use:
a spare bedroom.

13.  spare
not taken up with work or other commitments; free:
spare time.

14.  spare
frugally restricted or meager:
a spare diet.

15.  spare
lean or thin, as a person.

16.  spare
sparing, economical, or temperate.

17. (n.) spare
a spare thing or part, as an extra tire for emergency use.

18.  spare
the knocking down of all the bowling pins with two bowls.

19.  spare
a score so made.


Definition of 'Spare' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) spare part, spare
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

2. (noun) fifth wheel, spare
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

3. (adj) spare
a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

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"

10. (verb) spare, save
refrain from harming

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"

13. (verb) spare
use frugally or carefully


Definition of 'Spare' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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 have more 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

3. (adj) Spare
to preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to

4. (adj) Spare
to save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty

5. (adj) Spare
to deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with

6. (noun) Spare
the act of sparing; moderation; restraint

7. (noun) Spare
parsimony; frugal use

8. (noun) Spare
an opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket

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 three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare

11. (verb) Spare
to be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious

12. (verb) Spare
to refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance

13. (verb) Spare
to desist; to stop; to refrain

14. (verb) Spare
scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet

15. (verb) Spare
sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary

16. (verb) Spare
being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time

17. (verb) Spare
held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room

18. (verb) Spare
lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt

19. (verb) Spare
slow


Translation of 'Spare' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to manage without
No-one can be spared from this office.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sonder klaarkom Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَغْني عَن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пестя
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dispensar Czech flag Czech: obejít se bez German flag German: verschonen
Danish flag Danish: undvære Greek flag Greek: κάνω χωρίς Spanish flag Spanish: prescindir, pasar sin
Estonian flag Estonian: ilma (milletagi) toime tu Farsi flag Farsi: مضایغه کردن Finnish flag Finnish: pärjätä ilman
French flag French: se passer de Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְווַתֵר עַל Hindi flag Hindi: किसी के बिना काम चलनाना
Croatian flag Croatian: biti bez, moći bez Hungarian flag Hungarian: nélkülözni tud, nélkülözn Indonesian flag Indonesian: membebaskan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sjá af Italian flag Italian: (fare a meno di) Japanese flag Japanese: ~なしですませる
Korean flag Korean: (~)없이 니내다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apsieiti be Latvian flag Latvian: iztikt bez
Malay flag Malay: melepaskan Dutch flag Dutch: missen Norwegian flag Norwegian: spare/skåne for
Polish flag Polish: obywać się bez Persian flag Persian: مضایغه کردن Pashto flag Pashto: پرته له څا يو كار كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dispensar Romanian flag Romanian: a se lipsi de Russian flag Russian: обходиться без
Slovak flag Slovak: obísť sa bez, postrádať Slovenian flag Slovenian: pogrešati Serbian flag Serbian: funkcionisati bez
Swedish flag Swedish: avvara, undvara Thai flag Thai: ปล่อย Turkish flag Turkish: onsuz olmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 可有可無 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: обходитися без Urdu flag Urdu: کسی چیز کے بغیر کام چلانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: không cần đến Chinese flag Chinese: 用不着,省掉

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