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spare
[ spair ]
verb (used with object)
- to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy:
to spare one's enemy.
- to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for:
His harsh criticism spared no one.
- to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it: to spare her needless embarrassment.
to spare him the bother;
to spare her needless embarrassment.
- to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech:
Spare us the gory details.
- to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse:
to spare the rod.
- to set aside for a particular purpose:
to spare land for a garden.
Synonyms:
- to give or lend, as from a supply, especially without inconvenience or loss: Can you spare me a dollar till payday?
Can you spare a cup of sugar?
Can you spare me a dollar till payday?
- to dispense with or do without:
We can't spare a single worker during the rush hour.
- to use economically or frugally; refrain from using up or wasting:
A walnut sundae, and don't spare the whipped cream!
- to have remaining as excess or surplus:
We can make the curtains and have a yard to spare.
verb (used without object)
- to use economy; be frugal.
- to refrain from inflicting injury or punishment; exercise lenience or mercy.
- Obsolete. to refrain from action; forbear.
adjective
- kept in reserve, as for possible use:
a spare part.
- being in excess of present need; free for other use:
How do you like to relax in your spare time?
My travel adventures seem to soak up any spare cash I earn.
Synonyms:
- frugally restricted or meager, as a manner of living or a diet:
a spare regime.
- lean or thin, as a person.
- scanty or scant, as in amount or fullness.
- economical, moderate, or temperate, as persons; sparing.
noun
- a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Ceramics. an area at the top of a plaster mold for holding excess slip.
- Bowling.
- the knocking down of all the pins with two bowls.
- a score so made. Compare strike ( def 69 ).
spare
/ 蝉辫蓻蓹 /
verb
- tr to refrain from killing, punishing, harming, or injuring
- tr to release or relieve, as from pain, suffering, etc
- tr to refrain from using
spare the rod, spoil the child
- tr to be able to afford or give
I can't spare the time
- usually passive (esp of Providence) to allow to survive
I'll see you again next year if we are spared
- rare.intr to act or live frugally
- rare.intr to show mercy
- not spare oneselfto exert oneself to the full
- to sparemore than is required
two minutes to spare
adjective
- often immediately postpositive in excess of what is needed; additional
are there any seats spare?
- able to be used when needed
a spare part
- (of a person) thin and lean
- scanty or meagre
- slang.postpositive upset, angry, or distracted (esp in the phrase go spare )
noun
- a duplicate kept as a replacement in case of damage or loss
- a spare tyre
- tenpin bowling
- the act of knocking down all the pins with the two bowls of a single frame
- the score thus made Compare strike
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉辫补谤别濒测, adverb
- 藞蝉辫补谤别苍别蝉蝉, noun
- 藞蝉辫补谤别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辫补谤别路补路产濒别 adjective
- 蝉辫补谤别路濒测 adverb
- 蝉辫补谤别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 蝉辫补谤路别谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spare1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spare1
Idioms and Phrases
- to spare
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The millionaires and billionaires who might be spared a federal income tax increase, since the gain for the federal budget would be more than $626 billion over a decade.
Meanwhile, those on the president鈥檚 side have been spared cuts, audits and investigations.
They have won only one of their past four Premier League matches, which helped Liverpool clinch the title on Sunday with four 亚洲网紅露点 to spare.
A former aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been spared jail after exposing himself to a teenage girl and following her.
If the State Bar developed its own questions, it figured it could save money by sparing the expense of renting massive exam halls for all test takers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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