noun parsimony; frugal use.
2. spare ·vt slow.
3. spare ·vt sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
4. spare ·noun that which has not been used or expended.
5. spare ·noun the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
6. spare ·vt lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
7. spare ·noun an opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
8. spare ·adj to keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
9. spare ·vt scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
10. spare ·vi to refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
11. spare ·vi to be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
12. spare ·adj to save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
13. spare ·vt held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
14. spare ·adj to preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
15. spare ·vi to desist; to stop; to refrain.
xvi. spare ·adj to deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
xvii. spare ·adj to use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
xviii. spare ·vt being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, i have no spare time.
xix. spare ·noun 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.