SPENT


Meaning of SPENT in English

ˈspent adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of spenden to spend — more at spend

1.

a. : used up : consumed, expended

the smell of spent powder — R.H.Newman

the air, breathed many times and spent — Edna S. V. Millay

b. : exhausted of active or effective quality or components

spent fuller's earth

spent tanbark

spent grain

2. : drained of energy or vitality : worn out : exhausted

saw him come creeping home at dawn, panting and spent — Pearl Buck

two spent old women — Edith Wharton

3. : exhausted of spawn or sperm — used especially of fishes or of insects that have laid all their eggs; compare ripe

4. of an artificial fly : tied to imitate the drooping wings of a natural insect that has dropped its eggs or is exhausted

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.