Spare
[speə] or [spɛr]
Definition
(noun.) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls.
(verb.) use frugally or carefully.
(verb.) give up what is not strictly needed; 'he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey'.
(verb.) refrain from harming.
(verb.) save or relieve from an experience or action; 'I'll spare you from having to apologize formally'.
(adj.) thin and fit; 'the spare figure of a marathon runner'; 'a body kept trim by exercise' .
(adj.) kept in reserve especially for emergency use; 'a reserve supply of food'; 'a spare tire'; 'spare parts' .
(adj.) not taken up by scheduled activities; 'a free hour between classes'; 'spare time on my hands' .
Typist: Xavier--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
(a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
(a.) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
(a.) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
(a.) To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
(v. i.) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
(v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
(v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
(v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
(v. t.) Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
(v. t.) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
(v. t.) Slow.
(n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
(n.) Parsimony; frugal use.
(n.) An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
(n.) That which has not been used or expended.
(n.) 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.
Inputed by Betty
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.[2]. Dispense with, do without, part with.[3]. Withhold, omit, forbear.[4]. Withhold from, keep from.[5]. Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.[6]. Preserve (from any thing dreaded).
v. n. [1]. Be frugal, be parsimonious.[2]. Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.[3]. Be lenient, be merciful, be tender.
a. [1]. Scanty, sparing, not abundant, not plentiful.[2]. Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.[4]. Superfluous, supernumerary, not used, not wanted.
Typed by Chauncey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Save, afford, grant, reserve, do_without, husband, economize, {[retniJi]?},s_o-o, grudge, discard, omit, forbear, withhold, refrain, abstain
ANT:Spend, squander, waste, lavish, scatter, expend, pour, indulge, vent
SYN:Scanty, unplentiful, inabundant, meagre, economical, frugal, stinted,restricted, parsimonious, niggardly, chary, superfluous, disposable, available,lean, thin, ill-conditioned
ANT:Ample, plentiful, abundant, profuse, liberal, unrestricted, generous,bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unbounded, available, well-conditioned
Checked by Letitia
Definition
v.t. to use frugally: to do without: to save from any use: to withhold from: to forbear from harming to treat tenderly: to part with willingly.—v.i. to be frugal: to forbear: to be tender: to be forgiving.—adj. sparing: frugal: scanty: lean: superfluous.—n. that which has been saved or stored away: in American bowling a point made by overturning all the pins with the first two balls.—adv. Spare′ly in a spare manner: sparingly.—ns. Spare′ness; Spār′er one who spares or avoids expense; Spare′rib a piece of pork consisting of ribs with the meat adhering to them.—adj. Spā′ring scarce: scanty: saving: merciful forgiving.—adv. Spār′ingly frugally: not abundantly: with abstinence: seldom: cautiously.—n. Spār′ingness the quality of being sparing: want of liberality: caution.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- Mrs. Bennet could certainly spare you for another fortnight. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But I have asked him to forgive me since,' cried Bella; 'and I would ask him to forgive me now again, upon my knees, if it would spare him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Take my ticker and such of your things as you can SPARE, and send them to Balls--we must, of coarse, have the sum to-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No, I cannot spare him! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It can seldom happen that much can be spared from the circulating money of the country; because in that there can seldom be much redundancy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- SHE cannot be spared. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your Lordship might have spared that taunt; I do not, dare not love her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If you know it already, as surely you must, I may be spared. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Prentiss and Hurlbut were ordered to send forward every man that could be spared. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Have I no claim to be spared the insult of your asking me what you have done? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Necessity, which spares our betters, has no pity on us. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have given my life to that purpose, and, alone as I stand, if God spares me, I will accomplish it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If god spares Beth, I'll try to love and serve Him all my life, answered Jo, with equal fervor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If God spares Beth, I never will complain again, whispered Meg earnestly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Death takes the good, the beautiful, and the young--and spares me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sophia appeared to dislike Lord Deerhurst of all things, and complained that he was unusually sparing of soap and water at his toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Master Sam. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is but one means, Mr Wrayburn, of sparing yourself and of sparing me, every way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The necessity of sparing Laura any sudden knowledge of the truth was the first consideration which the letter suggested to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Much obliged by your sparing me these minutes of your time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Karl