SPARE


Meaning of SPARE in English

I.

verb

1 make sth available

ADVERB

▪ barely , hardly

She hardly ~d him a second glance.

VERB + SPARE

▪ can , could

Can you ~ a second to give me a hand?

PREPOSITION

▪ for

Can you ~ some money for the homeless?

PHRASES

▪ to ~

Have you any money to ~?

We should get there with half an hour to ~.

2 allow sb/sth not to be harmed

ADVERB

▪ largely

The storm largely ~d Houston and surrounding districts.

▪ mercifully

PREPOSITION

▪ from

The children were ~d from the virus.

Spare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ detail , ↑ embarrassment , ↑ feeling , ↑ life , ↑ minute , ↑ misery , ↑ moment , ↑ necessity , ↑ pain , ↑ thought

II.

adj.

Spare is used with these nouns: ↑ battery , ↑ bedroom , ↑ capacity , ↑ cash , ↑ clip , ↑ copy , ↑ key , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ part , ↑ room , ↑ seat , ↑ time , ↑ tyre , ↑ wheel

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .