VERB | social | spare, save | refrain from harming |
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social | spare | save or relieve from an experience or action | |
possession | spare, give up, part with, dispense with | give up what is not strictly needed | |
consumption | spare | use frugally or carefully | |
ADJECTIVE | all | spare, trim | thin and fit |
all | spare, excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus | more than is needed, desired, or required | |
all | spare, free | not taken up by scheduled activities | |
all | spare | kept in reserve especially for emergency use | |
all | spare, bare, scanty | lacking in amplitude or quantity | |
all | spare, plain, bare, unembellished, unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
NOUN | artifact | spare, spare part | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
artifact | spare, fifth wheel | an extra car ... / car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | |
act | spare | a score in tenpins |
Sounds | speh'r | |
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Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... |
Meaning | Thin and fit. | |
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Example | "the spare figure of a marathon runner" | |
Synonym | trim | |
Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
Spanish | enjuto | |
Nouns | spareness | the property of being scanty or scattered |
Meaning | More than is needed, desired, or required. | |
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Example | "sleeping in the spare room" | |
Synonyms | excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus | |
Broader | unnecessary, unneeded | not necessary |
Spanish | excedente, excesivo, extra, redundante, sobrante, superfluo | |
Catalan | excedent, excessiu, extra, redundant, sobrant, sobrer, superflu |
Meaning | not taken up by scheduled activities. | |
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Example | "spare time on my hands" | |
Synonym | free | |
Broader | unoccupied | not held or filled or in use |
Spanish | desocupado, libre | |
Catalan | desocupat, lliure |
Meaning | Kept in reserve especially for emergency use. | |
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Broader | unnecessary, unneeded | not necessary |
Spanish | sobrante |
Meaning | lacking in amplitude or quantity. | |
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Example | "a spare diet" | |
Synonyms | bare, scanty | |
Broader | meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent |
Spanish | escaso, insuficiente, parco, reducido | |
Catalan | escàs, insuficient, minso, reduït | |
Nouns | spareness | the property of being scanty or scattered |
Meaning | lacking embellishment or ornamentation. | |
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Synonyms | plain, bare, unembellished, unornamented | |
Broader | unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction |
Spanish | natural, sencillo | |
Catalan | natural, senzill |
Meaning | An extra component of a machine or other apparatus. | |
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Synonym | spare part | |
Broader | component, constituent, element | An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up |
Spanish | pieza de repuesto, recambio, repuesto |
Meaning | An extra car ... / car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle. | |
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Synonym | fifth wheel | |
Broader | car wheel | A wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap |
Spanish | rueda de recambio | |
Catalan | roda de recanvi |
Meaning | A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls. | |
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Broader | score | The act of scoring in a game / game / game or sport |
Meaning | Refrain from harming. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They spare him from writing the letter | |
Synonym | save | |
Narrower | favor, favour | treat gently or carefully |
Broader | refrain, forbear | Resist doing something |
Spanish | ahorrar, excusar, guardarse | |
Nouns | sparer | someone who refrains from injuring or destroying |
Meaning | save or relieve from an experience or action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Example | "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" | |
Broader | exempt, relieve, free | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to |
Spanish | ahorrar |
Meaning | Give up what is not strictly needed. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" | |
Synonyms | give up, part with, dispense with | |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
Spanish | deshacerse de, prescindir de | |
Catalan | estar-se'n, prescindir de |
Meaning | Use frugally or carefully. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | use, expend | use up, consume fully |
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