Crossword-Solution: SPAN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Span | - | imp. & p. p. of Spin. |
| Span | v. t. | The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom. |
| Span | v. t. | Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time. |
| Span | v. t. | The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports. |
| Span | v. t. | A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used. |
| Span | v. t. | A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action. |
| Span | v. t. | To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. |
| Span | v. t. | To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. |
| Span | v. t. | To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. |
| Span | v. i. | To be matched, as horses. |
| Span | imp. | of Spin |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPAN | anagram | NAPS, PANS, PNAS, SNAP |
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Sentences with SPAN (5)
The fact is ’tis to witness her sign some law-work about taking shares wi’ another farmer for a long span o’ years.
Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but `era' usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time.
The fleet in the darkness of the preceding night had barely grazed the crest of the hills, and in the brief span that they hovered close to the surface the black guard had pitched me, as he supposed, to my death.
Then endow this creature of your imagination with the agility and ferocity of a half-starved Bengal tiger and the strength of a span of bulls, and you will have some faint conception of Woola in action.
Others, whose briefer span forbade their devoting themselves to studies so abstruse, beguiled the little tedium of the way with penny-papers.
Quotes with SPAN (3)
The span of three or four minutes is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. People lose hundreds of minutes everyday, squandering them on trivial things. But sometimes in those fragments of time, something can happen you'll remember the rest of your life.
You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how you’ll only be changing this light maybe ten more times before you’ll be dead.
But I still feel like I lost. We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It's easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in the sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven't even met yet. probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 628 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).