Search results for 'spare':

spare adj 1 kept for occasional use • the spare room. 2 kept for use as a replacement • a spare wheel. 3 available for use; additional; extra • a spare seat next to me. 4 lean; thin. 5 frugal; scanty. 6 furious or distraught to the point of distraction • He was going spare just 'cos he couldn't find his keys. verb (spared, sparing) 1 to afford to give, give away or do without • I can't spare the time. 2 a to refrain from harming, punishing, killing or destroying • spare his life • spare their feelings; b to avoid causing or bringing on something • will spare your blushes. 3 to avoid incurring something • no expense spared. noun 1 a duplicate kept in reserve for use as a replacement. 2 a spare tyre. 3 ten-pin bowling a the act of knocking down all ten pins with two bowls; b the score when this happens. sparely adverb. spareness noun. to spare left over; surplus to what is required • I have one cake to spare.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sparian.

spare adj 1 kept for occasional use • the spare room. 2 kept for use as a replacement • a spare wheel. 3 available for use; additional; extra • a spare seat next to me. 4 lean; thin. 5 frugal; scanty. 6 furious or distraught to the point of distraction • He was going spare just 'cos he couldn't find his keys. verb (spared, sparing) 1 to afford to give, give away or do without • I can't spare the time. 2 a to refrain from harming, punishing, killing or destroying • spare his life • spare their feelings; b to avoid causing or bringing on something • will spare your blushes. 3 to avoid incurring something • no expense spared. noun 1 a duplicate kept in reserve for use as a replacement. 2 a spare tyre. 3 ten-pin bowling a the act of knocking down all ten pins with two bowls; b the score when this happens. sparely adverb. spareness noun. to spare left over; surplus to what is required • I have one cake to spare.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sparian.

spare adj 1 kept for occasional use • the spare room. 2 kept for use as a replacement • a spare wheel. 3 available for use; additional; extra • a spare seat next to me. 4 lean; thin. 5 frugal; scanty. 6 furious or distraught to the point of distraction • He was going spare just 'cos he couldn't find his keys. verb (spared, sparing) 1 to afford to give, give away or do without • I can't spare the time. 2 a to refrain from harming, punishing, killing or destroying • spare his life • spare their feelings; b to avoid causing or bringing on something • will spare your blushes. 3 to avoid incurring something • no expense spared. noun 1 a duplicate kept in reserve for use as a replacement. 2 a spare tyre. 3 ten-pin bowling a the act of knocking down all ten pins with two bowls; b the score when this happens. sparely adverb. spareness noun. to spare left over; surplus to what is required • I have one cake to spare.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sparian.