Definitions from Wiktionary (Spare)
▸ adjective: Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
▸ adjective: Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
▸ adjective: Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
▸ adjective: Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
▸ adjective: Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
▸ adjective: Not occupied or in current use.
▸ adjective: Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
▸ adjective: (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
▸ noun: The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
▸ noun: Parsimony; frugal use.
▸ noun: An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
▸ noun: That which has not been used or expended.
▸ noun: A spare part, especially a spare tire.
▸ noun: A superfluous or second-best person.
▸ noun: (bowling) 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.
▸ noun: (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
▸ noun: (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
▸ noun: (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
▸ verb: To show mercy, to have mercy on.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
▸ verb: (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
▸ verb: (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
▸ verb: To keep.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
▸ verb: (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
▸ verb: (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
▸ verb: (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
▸ noun: A surname transferred from the nickname.
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▸ adjective: Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
▸ adjective: Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
▸ adjective: Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
▸ adjective: Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
▸ adjective: Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
▸ adjective: Not occupied or in current use.
▸ adjective: Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
▸ adjective: (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
▸ noun: The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
▸ noun: Parsimony; frugal use.
▸ noun: An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
▸ noun: That which has not been used or expended.
▸ noun: A spare part, especially a spare tire.
▸ noun: A superfluous or second-best person.
▸ noun: (bowling) 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.
▸ noun: (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
▸ noun: (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
▸ noun: (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
▸ verb: To show mercy, to have mercy on.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
▸ verb: (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
▸ verb: (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
▸ verb: To keep.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
▸ verb: (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
▸ verb: (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
▸ verb: (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
▸ noun: A surname transferred from the nickname.
▸ Also see spare
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