SPARE
Definition:
- [noun] an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Synonyms: part
- [noun] an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
Synonyms: fifth wheel
- [noun] a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- [verb] refrain from harming
Synonyms: save
- [verb] save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
- [verb] give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
Synonyms: give up, part with, dispense with
- [verb] use frugally or carefully
- [adjective] thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
Synonyms: trim
- [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"
Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
- [adjective] just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look"
- [adjective] not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
Synonyms: free
- [adjective] kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
Synonyms: reserve
- [adjective] lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
Synonyms: bare, scanty
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