spare
/spɛɚ/ adjective B2- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous. · I have no spare time.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency. · a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre
- Not occupied or in current use. · We could rent out the spare room.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful. · a spare diet
- Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Comparative sparer · Superlative sparest
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Sometime when you have a year or two to spare I commend to you the study of Professor Moriarty.”
Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go.
With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life.
On seeing this, his Dogs took counsel together, and said, “It is time for us to be off, for if the master spare not his oxen, who work for his gain, how can we expect him to spare us?”
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