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SPARE definition: 1. If something is spare, it is available to use because it is extra: 2. time when you are not…. Learn more.
1. : not being used. especially : held for emergency use. a spare tire. 2. : being over and above what is needed : superfluous. spare time. 3. : not liberal or profuse : sparing. a spare prose style. 4. : healthily lean. 5. : not abundant or plentiful. sparely adverb. spareness noun. 2 of 3. verb.
Spare definition: to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy. See examples of SPARE used in a sentence.
You use spare to describe something that is the same as things that you are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping ready in case another one is needed. If possible keep a spare pair of glasses accessible in case your main pair is broken or lost.
1. ( tr) to refrain from killing, punishing, harming, or injuring. 2. ( tr) to release or relieve, as from pain, suffering, etc. 3. ( tr) to refrain from using: spare the rod, spoil the child. 4. ( tr) to be able to afford or give: I can't spare the time.
(formal) to allow somebody/something to escape harm, damage or death, especially when others do not escape it. spare somebody/something They killed the men but spared the children. She begged them to spare her life. During the bombing only one house was spared (= was not hit by a bomb). The storm largely spared Houston and surrounding districts.
spare meaning, definition, what is spare: not being used or not needed at the pres...: Learn more.
