English dictionary
spare
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
adjective
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
adjective
- thin and fit
adjective
- more than is needed, desired, or required
adjective
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use
adjective
- not taken up by scheduled activities
noun
- a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
noun
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
noun
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
verb
- use frugally or carefully
verb
- give up what is not strictly needed
verb
- refrain from harming
verb
- save or relieve from an experience or action
Example sentences
a plain hair style
unembellished white walls
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
a bare livelihood
a scanty harvest
a spare diet
the spare figure of a marathon runner
a body kept trim by exercise
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
a spare tire
spare parts
a free hour between classes
spare time on my hands
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
I'll spare you from having to apologize formally