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1.nounThe act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
2.nounParsimony; frugal use.
3.nounAn opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
4.nounThat which has not been used or expended.
5.nounA spare part, especially a spare tire.
6.nounA superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
7.nounThe 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.
8.nounThe act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
9.nounA free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
10.adjectiveScant; not abundant or plentiful."a spare diet"
11.adjectiveSparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
12.adjectiveBeing more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous."I have no spare time."
13.adjectiveHeld in reserve, to be used in an emergency."a spare anchor; a spare bed or room"
14.adjectiveLean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
15.adjectiveVery angry; frustrated or distraught."The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that."
16.adjectiveSlow.