Spare
adjective
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Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
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Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
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Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
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Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
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Slow.
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noun
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The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
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Parsimony; frugal use.
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An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
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That which has not been used or expended.
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A spare part, especially a spare tire.
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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.
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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.
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verb
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: To desist; to stop; to refrain.
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: To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
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: To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
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: To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
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: To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
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: To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
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: To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
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