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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] an extra car wheel and tire
[noun] an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
[adjective] lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
[adjective] thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
[adjective] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
[adjective] kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
[adjective] not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
[adjective] just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look"
[verb] use frugally or carefully
[verb] to give up as 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"
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(a) To act with reserve. [Obs.] Her thought that a lady should her spare. --Chaucer.
(b) To save one's self labor, punishment, or blame.
\Spare\, v. i. 1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between carelessness and care. --Pope. 2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance. He will not spare in the day of vengeance. --Prov. vi. 34. 3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[ae]r sparing. Cf. {Spare}, v. t. ] 1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. 2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew. 3. 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. If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser. 4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. 5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. --Shak. 6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose.
\Spare\, n. 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.] Killing for sacrifice, without any spare. --Holland. 2. Parsimony; frugal use. [Obs.] --Bacon. Poured out their plenty without spite or spare. --Spenser. 3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [Obs.] 4. That which has not been used or expended. 5. (Tenpins) 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.
Synonyms for spare
bare(a), dispense with, excess, extra, fifth wheel, free, give up, lean, meager, meagerly, meagre, part with, redundant, reserve(a), save, scanty, spare part, sufficient, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, thin, trim, unnecessary, unneeded, unoccupied
See also: car wheel | component | constituent | element | exempt | expend | favor | favour | forbear | free | give | refrain | relieve | score | use |
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Let's analyse "spare" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ERAPS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]
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spare: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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