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spare in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
bare scanty spare
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
plain bare spare unembellished unornamented
- 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"
excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplus
- not taken up by scheduled activities
"a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
spare free
- thin and fit
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
spare trim
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use
"a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
spare
verb- give up what is not strictly needed
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
spare give up part with dispense with
- refrain from harming
spare save
- use frugally or carefully
spare
- save or relieve from an experience or action
"I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
spare
noun- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
fifth wheel spare
- a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
spare
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
spare part spare
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University