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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spare \Spare\, n.
   1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.]

            Killing for sacrifice, without any spare. --Holland.

   2. Parsimony; frugal use. [Obs.] --Bacon.

            Poured out their plenty without spite or spare.
                                                  --Spenser.

   3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [Obs.]

   4. That which has not been used or expended.

   5. (Tenpins) 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.

Spare \Spare\, v. i.
   1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be
      parsimonious.

            I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided
            between carelessness and care.        --Pope.

   2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or
      forbearance.

            He will not spare in the day of vengeance. --Prov.
                                                  vi. 34.

   3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not
   used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[ae]r sparing.
   Cf. {Spare}, v. t. ]
   1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

   2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

            He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew.

   3. 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.

            If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser.

   4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare
      anchor; a spare bed or room.

   5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

            O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great
            ones.                                 --Shak.

   6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose.

Spare \Spare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving;
   akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan.
   spare See {Spare}, a.]
   1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or
      valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. ``No cost
      would he spare.'' --Chaucer.

            [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not
            spare.                                --Milton.

            He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. --Prov.
                                                  xvii. 27.

   2. To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

            Be pleased your plitics to spare.     --Dryden.

            Spare my sight the pain Of seeing what a world of
            tears it costs you.                   --Dryden.

   3. To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to
      punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.

            Spare us, good Lord.                  --Book of
                                                  Common Prayer.

            Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial
            visages.                              --Milton.

            Man alone can whom he conquers spare. --Waller.

   4. To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some
      occupation, use, or duty.

            All the time he could spare from the necessary cares
            of his weighty charge, he ?estowed on . . . serving
            of God.                               --Knolles.

   5. To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do
      without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

            Where angry Jove did never spare One breath of kind
            and temperate air.                    --Roscommon.

            I could have better spared a better man. --Shak.

   {To spare one's self}.
      (a) To act with reserve. [Obs.]

                Her thought that a lady should her spare.
                                                  --Chaucer.
      (b) To save one's self labor, punishment, or blame.

資料來源 : WordNet®

spare
     n 1: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus [syn: {spare
          part}]
     2: an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle [syn: {fifth
        wheel}]
     3: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two
        balls

spare
     adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a
            body kept trim by exercise" [syn: {trim}]
     2: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose
        excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the
        dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought
        redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological
        advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary
        ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat";
        "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs
        as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus
        cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: {excess}, {extra},
        {redundant}, {supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {supernumerary},
         {surplus}]
     3: just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient
        look"
     4: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
        classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: {free}]
     5: kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve
        supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" [syn: {reserve(a)}]
     6: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
        scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {scanty}]

spare
     v 1: refrain from harming [syn: {save}]
     2: save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare
        you from having to apologize formally"
     3: give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could
        spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: {give
        up}, {part with}, {dispense with}]
     4: use frugally or carefully