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spare
- pronunciation:
- speIr
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
spared, spares, sparing |
| definition 1: |
to handle gently or leniently.
- similar words:
- favor
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| definition 2: |
to save from undergoing something.
He was spared having to wait.- synonyms:
- free from, save
- similar words:
- acquit, exempt, exonerate, let off, liberate, pardon, redeem, release, reprieve, rescue
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| definition 3: |
to refrain from injuring or destroying.
- synonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- avoid, conserve, forbear, protect, safeguard, shelter, shield, withhold
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| definition 4: |
to use economically or with restraint.
Please try to spare the hot water.- synonyms:
- conserve, save
- antonyms:
- waste
- similar words:
- economize, forbear, forgo, hoard, hold, husband, keep, omit, reserve, restrain, scrimp on, skimp, withhold
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| definition 5: |
to allow; afford.
Please spare me a minute of your time.- synonyms:
- afford, allow
- similar words:
- give, grant, provide, relinquish, supply, yield
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| definition 6: |
to refrain from including or mentioning.
Spare me the sad stories.- similar words:
- forgo, omit, withhold
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| related words: |
nurse |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to be economical.
- synonyms:
- economize, stint
- similar words:
- pinch pennies, save, scrimp, skimp
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| definition 2: |
to refrain from causing injury or damage.
- similar words:
- forbear, withhold
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| related words: |
scrape |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sparer, sparest |
| definition 1: |
kept in reserve.
a spare battery- synonyms:
- reserve
- similar words:
- auxiliary, extra, on hand, substitute, supplementary
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| definition 2: |
being more than needed.
spare money- synonyms:
- surplus
- similar words:
- additional, auxiliary, excess, extra, leftover, odd, superfluous, supplementary, unnecessary
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| definition 3: |
slender; lean.
a spare boy- synonyms:
- lank, lean, rawboned, slight
- antonyms:
- corpulent, curvaceous, stout
- similar words:
- emaciated, gaunt, lanky, meager, rangy, scrawny, skinny, slender, tenuous, thin
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| definition 4: |
barely sufficient; meager.
a spare mealspare furnishings- synonyms:
- frugal, lean, meager, scant, scanty
- antonyms:
- profuse
- similar words:
- niggardly, skimpy, slender, sparing, stingy, stringent
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| related words: |
insufficient, lean, light, more, narrow, scant, slim |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a replacement or surplus item that is put aside for future use.
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| definition 2: |
in bowling, the knocking down of all pins with two rolls of the ball.
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| related words: |
odd, way |
| derivations: |
sparely (adv.), spareness (n.) |
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