spare

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To refrain from treating harshly; treat mercifully or leniently.
2. v. To refrain from harming or destroying.
3. v. To save or relieve from experiencing or doing (something): spared herself the trouble of going.
4. v. To hold back from; withhold or avoid: spared no expense for the celebration.
5. v. To use with restraint: Don't spare the mustard.
6. v. To give or grant out of one's resources; afford: Can you spare ten minutes?
7. v. To be frugal.
8. v. To refrain from inflicting harm; be merciful or lenient.
9. adj. Kept in reserve: a spare part; a spare pair of sneakers.
10. adj. Being in excess of what is needed; extra. See Synonyms at superfluous.
11. adj. Free for other use; unoccupied: spare time.
12. adj. Not lavish, abundant, or excessive: a spare diet.
13. adj. Lean and trim. See Synonyms at lean².
14. adj. Not profuse or copious.
15. n. A replacement, especially a tire, reserved for future need.
16. n. Sports The act of knocking down all ten pins with two successive rolls of a bowling ball.
17. n. Sports The score so made.
18. idiom. to spare In addition to what is needed: We paid our bills and had money to spare.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Scanty; meager; frugal; not plentiful or abundant: as, a spare diet.
2. Lacking in substance; lean; gaunt; poor; thin; flimsy.
3. Reserved; chary; cautious.
4. That may be spared, dispensed with, or applied to a different purpose; not needed for regular or appointed uses; superabundant: as, spare time for recreation; spare cash.
5. Reserved front common use; provided or held for extra need; not regularly required: as, a spare anchor; a spare umbrella.
6. In zoology, sparingly distributed; remote from one another; few in number; sparse: as, spare hairs, spots, or punctures. Synonyms and
7. To be frugal, saving, or chary of; refrain from employing freely; use or dispense with moderation.
8. To dispense with; give or yield up; part with the use, possession, or presence of; do without, as for a motive or because of superfluity.
9. To withhold the use or doing of; refrain from; omit; forbear; forego: often with a second (indirect) object.
10. To refrain from injury to; leave unhurt or undisturbed; forbear from harming or destroying; treat with moderation or consideration; withhold severity or exaction from; refrain from unkindness to; specifically, to allow to live.
11. Used reflexively, to be sparing of one's self; be chary or diffident; act with reserve.
12. To be frugal or saving; economize: act parsimoniously or stingily.
13. To withhold action of any kind; refrain from the doing of something, especially something harmful or harsh; hold one's hand; keep quiet; hold off.
14. n. Frugal use: saving economy; moderation; restraint.
15. n. In American holding, an advantage gained by the knocking down of all the pins by rolling two balls: as, to make a spare. In such a case, when the player's turn comes again, the pins knocked down by his first ball are added to those made in the spare to complete the record of that turn, while they count also in the record of the new turn. Compare strike.
16. n. An opening in a gown or petticoat; a placket.

Wiktionary

1. adj. scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
2. adj. sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
3. adj. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
4. adj. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
5. adj. lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
6. adj. slow
7. n. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
8. n. Parsimony; frugal use.
9. n. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
10. n. That which has not been used or expended.
11. n. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
12. n. bowling 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.
13. n. bowling The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
14. v. : To desist; to stop; to refrain.
15. v. : To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
16. v. : To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
17. v. : To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
18. v. : To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
19. v. : To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
20. v. : To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
2. v. To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
3. v. To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
4. v. To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
5. v. To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
6. v. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
7. v. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
8. v. obsolete To desist; to stop; to refrain.
9. adj. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
10. adj. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
11. adj. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
12. adj. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency
13. adj. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
14. adj. Obs. or prov. Eng. Slow.
15. n. obsolete The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
16. n. obsolete Parsimony; frugal use.
17. n. obsolete An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
18. n. That which has not been used or expended.
19. n. (Tenpins) 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. For the meaning in modern bowling, see sense 6.
20. n. (Bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in two bowls, which entitles the bowler to add the number of pins knocked down in the next bowl to the score for the frame in which the spare occurred.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. save or relieve from an experience or action
2. n. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
3. n. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
4. v. use frugally or carefully
5. adj. kept in reserve especially for emergency use
6. adj. lacking embellishment or ornamentation
7. n. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
8. adj. thin and fit
9. v. refrain from harming
10. adj. more than is needed, desired, or required
11. adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity
12. adj. not taken up by scheduled activities
13. v. give up what is not strictly needed