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(noun) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls |
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Related Words: score |
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(verb) use frugally or carefully |
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Related Words: expend, use |
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(satellite adjective) thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" |
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Synonyms: trim |
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(satellite adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" |
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Synonyms: free |
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(verb) to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey. |
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Synonyms: dispense with, give up, part with |
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Related Words: give |
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(verb) refrain from harming |
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Synonyms: save |
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Related Words: abstain from, avoid, desist from, favor, forbear from, keep from, refrain from |
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(verb) save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" |
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Related Words: exempt, free, relieve |
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(satellite adjective) just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look" |
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(satellite adjective) kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" |
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Synonyms: reserve |
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(noun) an extra wheel and tire |
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Synonyms: fifth wheel |
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Related Words: car wheel |
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(noun) an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
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Synonyms: spare part |
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Related Words: component, constituent, element |
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(satellite adjective) lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" |
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Synonyms: bare, scanty |
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(satellite adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" |
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Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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