vi to break ground; to continue working.
2. spend ·vi to be diffused; to spread.
3. spend ·vt to weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
4. spend ·vt to bestow; to employ;
often with on or upon.
5. spend ·vt to pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
6. spend ·vt to exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
7. spend ·vi to expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
8. spend ·vi to waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
9. spend ·vt to consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.