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  • English Word Spare Definition To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
  • English Word Spare Definition To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
  • English Word Spare Definition To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
  • English Word Spare Definition To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
  • English Word Spare Definition To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
  • English Word Spare Definition To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
  • English Word Spare Definition To desist; to stop; to refrain.
  • English Word Spare Definition Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
  • English Word Spare Definition Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
  • English Word Spare Definition Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
  • English Word Spare Definition Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
  • English Word Spare Definition Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  • English Word Spare Definition Slow.
  • English Word Spare Definition The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
  • English Word Spare Definition Parsimony; frugal use.
  • English Word Spare Definition An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
  • English Word Spare Definition That which has not been used or expended.
  • English Word Spare Definition The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
  • English Word Spared Definition of Spare
  • English Word Spareful Definition Sparing; chary.
  • English Word Spareless Definition Unsparing.
  • English Word Sparely Definition In a spare manner; sparingly.
  • English Word Spareness Definition The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.
  • English Word Sparer Definition One who spares.
  • English Word Sparerib Definition A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.
  • English Word Sparge Definition To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
  • English Word Spargefaction Definition The act of sprinkling.
  • English Word Sparger Definition A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.
  • English Word Sparhawk Definition The sparrow hawk.
  • English Word Sparing Definition of Spare