spare
adjective
- 1
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
a plain hair style
unembellished white walls
- 2
lacking in amplitude or quantity
a bare livelihood
a scanty harvest
- 3
thin and fit
the spare figure of a marathon runner
a body kept trim by exercise
- 4
more than is needed, desired, or required
trying to lose excess weight
found some extra change lying on the dresser
- 5
kept in reserve especially for emergency use
a reserve supply of food
a spare tire
noun
- 1
a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- 2
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- 3
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
verb
- 1
use frugally or carefully
- 2
give up what is not strictly needed
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
- 3
refrain from harming
- 4
save or relieve from an experience or action
I'll spare you from having to apologize formally
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