Crossword-Solution: SPARE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Spare | a. | To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. |
| Spare | a. | To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give. |
| Spare | a. | To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to. |
| Spare | a. | To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty. |
| Spare | a. | To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with. |
| Spare | v. i. | To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. |
| Spare | v. i. | To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance. |
| Spare | v. i. | To desist; to stop; to refrain. |
| Spare | v. t. | Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. |
| Spare | v. t. | Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. |
| Spare | v. t. | 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. |
| Spare | v. t. | Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. |
| Spare | v. t. | Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. |
| Spare | v. t. | Slow. |
| Spare | n. | The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. |
| Spare | n. | Parsimony; frugal use. |
| Spare | n. | An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. |
| Spare | n. | That which has not been used or expended. |
| Spare | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPARE | anagram | APERS, APRES, ASPER, EARPS, EPARS, PARES, PARSE, PEARS, PRAES, PRASE, PRESA, RAPES, RAPSE, RASPE, REAPS, REPAS, SAPER, SERPA, SPEAR |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SPARE (5)
She had always thought children important, however, and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids, whom she followed to their homes and complained of to their mistresses.
Admiration seis’d All Heav’n, what this might mean, & whither tend Wondring; but soon th’ Almighty thus reply’d: O thou in Heav’n and Earth the only peace Found out for mankind under wrauth, O thou My sole complacence! well thou know’st how dear, To me are all my works, nor Man the least Though last created, that for him I spare Thee from my bosom and right hand, to save, By loosing thee a while, the whole Race lost.
With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life.
Lending him what little clothing they could spare among them as a slight protection against the rapidly cooling air, they agreed to land him in the morning; and without further delay, for it was growing late, they made again towards the roadstead where their vessel lay.
The toil and trouble, father, that I bore To find thy lodging-place and how thou faredst, I spare thee; surely ’twere a double pain To suffer, first in act and then in telling; ’Tis the misfortune of thine ill-starred sons I come to tell thee.
Quotes with SPARE (3)
Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?
Well, listen a moment, Monsieur Mayor; I have often been severe in my life towards others. It was just. I did right. Now if I were not severe towards myself, all I have justly done would become injustice. Should I spare myself more than others? No. What! if I should be prompt only to punish others and not myself, I should be a wretched indeed! - Javert to M. Madeleine
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 450 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).