A Quick and Simple Dictionary

spare

1. Adjective.  scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
2. Adjective.  sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
3. Adjective.  Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
4. Adjective.  Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
5. Adjective.  lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
6. Adjective.  slow.
7. Noun.  The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
8. Noun.  Parsimony; frugal use.
9. Noun.  An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
10. Noun.  That which has not been used or expended.
11. Noun.  A spare part, especially a spare tire.
12. Noun.  (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. Noun.  (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. Verb.  (sense, to show mercy) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
15. Verb.  (sense, to show mercy) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
16. Verb.  (sense, to show mercy) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
17. Verb.  (sense, to keep) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
18. Verb.  (sense, to keep) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
19. Verb.  (sense, to keep) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
20. Verb.  (sense, to give up) To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.