spare - Meaning in Tamil

spare - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of spare in English

spare adjective

1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation

   Examples

   • "a plain hair style"
   • "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
   • "unembellished white walls"
2. lacking in magnitude or quantity

   Examples

   • "a bare livelihood"
   • "a scanty harvest"
   • "a spare diet"
3. thin and fit

   Synonyms

   trim

   Examples

   • "a body kept trim by exercise"
   • "the spare figure of a marathon runner"
4. more than is needed, desired, or required

   Examples

   • "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
   • "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
   • "found some extra change lying on the dresser"
   • "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
   • "skills made redundant by technological advance"
   • "sleeping in the spare room"
   • "supernumerary ornamentation"
   • "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
   • "trying to lose excess weight"
   • "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use

   Examples

   • "a reserve supply of food"
   • "a spare tire"
   • "spare parts"
6. not taken up by scheduled activities

   Examples

   • "a free hour between classes"
   • "spare time on my hands"

spare noun

1. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
3. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

spare verb

1. use frugally or carefully
2. give up what is not strictly needed

   Example

   • "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
3. refrain from harming
4. save or relieve from an experience or action

   Example

   • "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"

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