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- DictionarySpare/sper/
adjective
- 1. additional to what is required for ordinary use: "few people had spare cash for inessentials"
- 2. with no excess fat; thin: "a spare, bearded figure"
noun
- 1. an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out: "with three to choose from, your child will never be without a spare"
- 2. (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two consecutive rolls of the ball.
verb
- 1. give (something of which one has enough) to (someone); afford to give to: "she asked if I could spare her a dollar or two"
- 2. refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing: "there was no way the men would spare her"