SPARE

I. verb (~d; sparing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sparian; akin to Old High German sparōn to ~, Old English spær, adjective, scant Date: before 12th century transitive verb to forbear to destroy, punish, or harm, to refrain from attacking or reprimanding with necessary or salutary severity, to relieve of the necessity of doing or undergoing something , to refrain from ; avoid , to use or dispense frugally, 6. to give up as not strictly needed , to have left over or as margin , intransitive verb to be frugal, to refrain from doing harm, ~able adjective ~r noun II. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spær sparing, scant; akin to Old High German spar ~ Date: 14th century not being used, being over and above what is needed ; superfluous , not liberal or profuse ; sparing , healthily lean, not abundant or plentiful, see: lean ~ly adverb ~ness noun III. noun Date: 1907 1. a ~ tire, a duplicate (as a key or a machine part) kept in reserve, the knocking down of all 10 pins with the first 2 balls in a frame in bowling