Expend
41expand vs expend — Expand is a transitive or intransitive verb. It means to increase in size, number or importance, or to make something increase. For example: Jarp is expanding his vocabulary on the forum, but Hermine s hips are expanding as well. Expend is… …
42Expended — Expend Ex*pend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expending}.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See {Poise}, and cf. {Spend}.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to …
43Expending — Expend Ex*pend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expending}.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See {Poise}, and cf. {Spend}.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to …
44expendably — expendˈably adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑expend …
45be wasted on — expend on an unappreciative recipient: → waste …
46skimp on — expend fewer resources on something than are necessary in an attempt to economize. → skimp …
47Animal locomotion — In biomechanics, animal locomotion is the study of how animals move. Not all animals move, but locomotive ability is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. As all animals are heterotrophs, they must obtain food from their environment. Some… …
48spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one s money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some… …
49spend — I verb apply, bestow, consume, consumere, contribute, deplete, devote, disburse, dispense, dispose of, donate, drain, employ, empty, exhaust, expend, give, go through, impoverish, incur expense, insumere, invest, lay out money, make expenditure,… …
50consume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, demolish, annihilate; burn, decompose, corrode; devour, swallow, eat, drink; exhaust, drain, use up, expend. See destruction, use, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To eat or drink] Syn. eat… …
