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Look up: Spare


  1. Spare
    [bowling] A spare (sometimes also referred to as a half-strike ) is a term used in bowling to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down after the second ball of a frame. The symbol for a spare is a slash mark (/). A "spare" is awarded when no pins are left standing after the secon...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spare_(bowling)

  2. Spare
    Spare is slang for idle, loafing.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZSD.HTM

  3. Spare
    Spare is slang for idle, loafing.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZSD.HTM

  4. spare
    [adj] - just sufficient 2. [adj] - not taken up by scheduled activities 3. [adj] - thin and fit 4. [n] - a score in tenpins 5. [v] - save or relieve from an experience or action 6. [v] - refrain from harming 7. [v] - to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they ...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=spare

  5. Spare
    Spare transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spared ; present participle & verbal noun Sparing .] [ Anglo-Saxon sparian , from spær spare, sparing, saving; akin to D....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/154

  6. Spare
    Spare intransitive verb 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 fr...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/154

  7. Spare
    Spare adjective [ Compar. Sparer ; superl. Sparest ; -- not used in all the senses of the word.] [ Anglo-Saxon spær sparing. Confer Spare , transitive ver...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/154

  8. Spare
    Spare noun 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [ Obsolete] « Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .» Holland. 2. Parsimony; frugal use. [ Obsolete] Bacon. « Poured out their plent...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/154

  9. spare
    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.' '[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 ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?spare



  1. spare
    trim adjective thin and fit; `the spare figure of a marathon runner`; `a body kept trim by exercise`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spare

  2. spare
    adjective not taken up by scheduled activities; `a free hour between classes`; `spare time on my hands`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spare

  3. spare
    noun a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spare

  4. spare
    noun an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spare

  5. Spare
    • (n.) Parsimony; frugal use. • (v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain. • (v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. • (v. i.) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. • (v. t.) Slow. • (v....
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/spare/

  6. spare
    (from the article `bowling`) ...first for a strike. If pins are left standing after the first delivery, the fallen or `dead` wood is removed and a second delivery permitted. If ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/135

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

    Found op

  8. Spare
    All pins down with two balls.
    Found op http://www.bowlersparadise.com/help/glossary.shtml

  9. spare
    1) A bowler may pick it up 2) Afford without a problem 3) Alley mark 4) Alley pickup 5) Alley score 6) Almost a strike 7) Backup 8) Bowler's consolation 9) Bowler's feat 10) Bowler's pickup 11) Bowling save 12) Car n...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/spare/1

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