spare

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spare
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Meanings
adjective
  • additional to what is required for ordinary use.
    E.g. few people had spare cash for inessentials
  • with no excess fat; thin.
    E.g. a spare, bearded figure
  • elegantly simple.
    E.g. her clothes are smart and spare in style
noun
  • an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
    E.g. the wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare
  • (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two balls.
verb
  • give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).
    E.g. she asked if I could spare her a bob or two
  • refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing.
    E.g. there was no way the men would spare her
  • be frugal.
    E.g. but some will spend, and some will spare

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