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spare

გამოთქმა: /spɛː/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • 1additional to what is required for ordinary use:few people had spare cash for inessentials
  • not currently in use or occupied:a spare seat
  • (of time) not taken up by one’s usual duties or activities; available for leisure:he tried to write poetry in his spare time
  • 2with no excess fat; thin:a spare, bearded figure
  • 3elegantly simple:her clothes are smart and spare in style

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out: the wheel’s broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare
  • 2(in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two balls.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [with two objects] give (something of which one has enough) to (someone):she asked if I could spare her a bob or two
  • make free or available:I’m sure you can spare me a moment
  • 2 [with object] refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing:there was no way the men would spare her
  • [with two objects] refrain from inflicting (something unpleasant) on (someone):the country had until now been spared the violence occurring elsewhere
  • 3 (spare oneself) [with negative] try to ensure or satisfy one’s own comfort or needs:in her concern to help others, she has never spared herself
  • 4 [no object] archaic be frugal:but some will spend, and some will spare

go spare

British informal become extremely angry or distraught: he’d go spare if he lost the money

spare someone's blushes

see blush.

spare no effort

do everything one possibly can in order to achieve something:we will spare no effort to secure the release of the captives

spare no expense (or no expense spared)

pay any amount of money in order to achieve something: he spared no expense in getting the company off the ground they were determined to find a solution to the problem—no expense spared

spare the rod and spoil the child

see rod.

spare a thought for

remember:spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas

to spare

left over:that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare

sparely

adverb

spareness

noun

sparer

noun ( rare)

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