Spare
31spare — {{11}}spare (adj.) kept in reserve, not used, late 14c., from SPARE (Cf. spare) (v.). Old English had spær spare, frugal. In reference to time, from mid 15c.; sense of flimsy, thin is recorded from 1540s. Spare part is attested from 1888.… …
32spare — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb 1 make sth available ADVERB ▪ barely, hardly ▪ She hardly spared him a second glance. VERB + SPARE ▪ can, could …
33spare — v. 1) (C) can you spare a few minutes for me today? or: can you spare me a few minutes today? 2) (O; can be used with one animate object) spare us the details; he wanted to spare you embarrassment * * * [speə] he wanted to spareyou embarrassment… …
34spare — See full size spare instant spare mini spare wheel space saver spare spare part spare wheel tempa spare …
35spare — 1. adjective 1) a spare set of keys Syn: extra, supplementary, additional, second, other, alternative, alternate; emergency, reserve, backup, relief, fallback, substitute; fresh 2) they sold off the spare land …
36spare — 1. adjective 1) a spare set of keys Syn: extra, supplementary, additional, second, other, alternative, emergency, reserve, backup, relief, substitute; N.Amer. alternate 2) they sold off the spare land Syn …
37Spare — Recorded as Spar, Spare, Sparie, and Sparey, this is an English surname. It has or at least had, two possible origins. The first being that it is a nickname surname for a frugal, careful person. The derivation being from the Old English pre 7th… …
38spare — 1. adjective /ˈspɛə(ɹ)/ a) scanty; not abundant or plentiful. a spare diet b) sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. I have no spare time …
39spare — A hanger on; a useless person who attaches herself to a group but is not so obnoxious that the others will actively try to drive her off. In any sufficiently large group of people, one person will be the spare. To find out who the spare is, ask… …
40spare — A hanger on; a useless person who attaches herself to a group but is not so obnoxious that the others will actively try to drive her off. In any sufficiently large group of people, one person will be the spare. To find out who the spare is, ask… …
