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Noun [Danish]

IPA: /spɛːr/, [ˈsb̥ɛɐ̯], [ˈsb̥æɐ̯]
Etymology: From English spare. Related to the following verb. Etymology templates: {{der|da|en|spare}} English spare Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|sparen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|spare|or|spares||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} spare c (singular definite sparen, plural indefinite spare or spares), {{da-noun|n|pl-indef-2=spares}} spare c (singular definite sparen, plural indefinite spare or spares) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|n||ne|gen-pl-indef-2=spares'|pl-indef-2=spares}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=sparenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=spares|gen-pl-indef-2=spares'|gen-sg-def=sparens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=spares|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=sparene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=spare|pl-indef-2=spares|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=sparen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=spare}} Forms: sparen [definite, singular], spare [indefinite, plural], spares [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], spare [indefinite, nominative, singular], sparen [definite, nominative, singular], spare [indefinite, nominative, plural], spares [indefinite, nominative, plural], sparene [definite, nominative, plural], spares [genitive, indefinite, singular], sparens [definite, genitive, singular], spares [genitive, indefinite, plural], spares' [genitive, indefinite, plural], sparenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (bowling) spare (the act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Bowling
    Sense id: en-spare-da-noun-N2wdI0Dq Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Danish]

IPA: /spaːrə/, [ˈsb̥ɑːɑ]
Etymology: From Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną, cognate with Swedish spara, English spare, German sparen. Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|spara}} Old Norse spara, {{der|da|gem-pro|*sparāną}} Proto-Germanic *sparāną, {{cog|sv|spara}} Swedish spara, {{cog|en|spare}} English spare, {{cog|de|sparen}} German sparen Head templates: {{head|da|verb|past tense|sparede|past participle|sparet}} spare (past tense sparede, past participle sparet) Inflection templates: {{da-conj|spar||er|ede|h|et}} Forms: sparede [past], sparet [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], sparer [present], sparede [past], har sparet [perfect, present], havde sparet [past, perfect], spares [passive, present], sparedes [passive, past], sparende [participle, present], sparet [participle, past], spar [imperative, present], - [imperative, past], spare [infinitive, present], - [infinitive, past], have [auxiliary, present], - [auxiliary, past], sparen [gerund, present], - [gerund, past]
  1. to save
    Sense id: en-spare-da-verb-vFbiU1oc
  2. to spare
    Sense id: en-spare-da-verb-4xe0rgkw
  3. to economize
    Sense id: en-spare-da-verb-5nuJARyA
  4. to save up
    Sense id: en-spare-da-verb-HxM444DD Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 30 2 2 2 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-spare.ogg
Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} spare
  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of sparen Tags: form-of, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: sparen
    Sense id: en-spare-nl-verb-9NR5cIi4 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈspɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-spare.ogg [US] Forms: sparer [comparative], sparest [superlative]
enPR: spâr Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-. Compare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spare}} Middle English spare, {{m|enm|spar}} spar, {{inh|en|ang|spær||sparing, scant}} Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sparaz}} Proto-Germanic *sparaz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*sph₁rós}} Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, {{l|ine-pro|*speh₁-}} *speh₁-, {{cog|nl|spaarzaam|spaar(zaam)}} Dutch spaar(zaam), {{cog|de|sparsam|spar(sam)}} German spar(sam), {{m|de|spärlich|spär(lich)}} spär(lich), {{cog|sv|sparsam|spar(sam)}} Swedish spar(sam), {{cog|is|sparr||sparing}} Icelandic sparr (“sparing”), {{cog|la|prosperus|(pro)sperus|t=lucky}} Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), {{cog|cu|споръ|t=plentiful}} Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), {{cog|sq|shperr|t=earn money}} Albanian shperr (“earn money”), {{cog|fa|سپار|t=entrust; deposit|tr=sepâr}} Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), {{cog|grc|σπαρνός|t=rare}} Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), {{cog|sa|स्फिर|t=thick|tr=sphirá}} Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} spare (comparative sparer, superlative sparest)
  1. Scant; not abundant or plentiful. Translations (scanty, not abundant or plentiful): оскъден (oskǎden) (Bulgarian), niukka (Finnish), spärlich (German), dürftig (German), szűkös (Hungarian), visszafogott (Hungarian), gyér (Hungarian), scarso (Italian), уме́ренный (umérennyj) (Russian), скудный (skudnyj) (Russian), frugal (Spanish), económico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-~cr1y~YI Disambiguation of 'scanty, not abundant or plentiful': 55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1
  2. Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-GTysWX4e
  3. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money. Translations (sparing): пестелив (pesteliv) (Bulgarian), säästäväinen (Finnish), sparsam (German), takarékos (Hungarian), frugale (Italian), parsimonioso (Italian), скупой (skupoj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-IjTsXQsW Disambiguation of 'sparing': 6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3
  4. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous. Translations (being over and above what is necessary): излишен (izlišen) (Bulgarian), nadbytečný (Czech), ylimääräinen (Finnish), überschüssig (German), überflüssig (German), szabad (Hungarian), plusz (Hungarian), fennmaradó (Hungarian), megmaradt (Hungarian), maradék (Hungarian), superfluo (Italian), ulteriore (Italian), subsicīvus (Latin), اضافه (ezâfe) (Persian), ли́шний (líšnij) (Russian), a bharrachd (Scottish Gaelic), sbâr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-YGrkXDoL Disambiguation of 'being over and above what is necessary': 7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5
  5. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency. Translations (held in reserve): запасен (zapasen) (Bulgarian), резервен (rezerven) (Bulgarian), náhradní (Czech), vara- (Finnish), rechange (French), Reserve- (German), tartalék (Hungarian), pót- (Hungarian), di scorta (Italian), di riserva (Italian), di ricambio (Italian), tu(w)hene (Maori), زاپاس (zâpâs) (Persian), یدکی (yadaki) (Persian), یدک (yadak) (Persian), запасно́й (zapasnój) (Russian), a bharrachd (Scottish Gaelic), de reserva (loc.) (Spanish), de repuesto (loc.) (Spanish), запасни́й (zapasnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-MzulWI6x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5 Disambiguation of 'held in reserve': 1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1
  6. Not occupied or in current use. Translations (not occupied): frei (German), unbenutzt (German)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-QUqY7oSr Disambiguation of 'not occupied': 17 3 12 14 1 50 1 2
  7. Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. Translations (lean, meager — see also lean): мършав (mǎršav) (Bulgarian), laiha (Finnish), schlank (German), sovány (Hungarian), cingár (Hungarian), ösztövér (Hungarian), magro [masculine] (Italian), smilzo (Italian), thanney (Manx), kōkau (english: refers to the human figure) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-en:lean Disambiguation of 'lean, meager — see also lean': 6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2
  8. (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-spare-en-adj-en:mad Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-spare.ogg [US] Forms: spares [plural]
enPR: spâr Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-. Compare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spare}} Middle English spare, {{m|enm|spar}} spar, {{inh|en|ang|spær||sparing, scant}} Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sparaz}} Proto-Germanic *sparaz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*sph₁rós}} Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, {{l|ine-pro|*speh₁-}} *speh₁-, {{cog|nl|spaarzaam|spaar(zaam)}} Dutch spaar(zaam), {{cog|de|sparsam|spar(sam)}} German spar(sam), {{m|de|spärlich|spär(lich)}} spär(lich), {{cog|sv|sparsam|spar(sam)}} Swedish spar(sam), {{cog|is|sparr||sparing}} Icelandic sparr (“sparing”), {{cog|la|prosperus|(pro)sperus|t=lucky}} Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), {{cog|cu|споръ|t=plentiful}} Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), {{cog|sq|shperr|t=earn money}} Albanian shperr (“earn money”), {{cog|fa|سپار|t=entrust; deposit|tr=sepâr}} Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), {{cog|grc|σπαρνός|t=rare}} Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), {{cog|sa|स्फिर|t=thick|tr=sphirá}} Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spare (plural spares)
  1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-RNXKsZFg
  2. Parsimony; frugal use.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-E0t4ak3V
  3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-es7gGe1W
  4. That which has not been used or expended.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-rAtZgrK8
  5. A spare part, especially a spare tire. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-pZM6jd1r Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0 0 8 1 6 10 9 0 0 14 0 21 0 6 4 0 7 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5
  6. A superfluous or second-best person.
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun--XjHHFO3 Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  7. (bowling) 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. Categories (topical): Bowling
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-DuLSzxoP Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  8. (bowling) The 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. Categories (topical): Bowling
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-I0sXs0cj Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  9. (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-laEldeCw Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5
  10. (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries) Tags: Myanmar
    Sense id: en-spare-en-noun-Re7AjizW Categories (other): Myanmar English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: donut spare, hot spare
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈspɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspɛɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-spare.ogg [US] Forms: spares [present, singular, third-person], sparing [participle, present], spared [participle, past], spared [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], spare [infinitive]
enPR: spâr Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sparen, sparien, from Old English sparian (“to spare, show mercy to, refrain from injuring or destroying”), from Proto-Germanic *sparōną, *sparāną (“to save, keep, spare”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to be productive, earn”). Cognate with Scots spar, spare, spair (“to spare”), West Frisian sparje (“to save, spare”), Dutch sparen (“to save, spare”), German sparen (“to save, conserve, economise”), Swedish spara (“to save, save up”), Icelandic spara (“to save, conserve”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sparen}} Middle English sparen, {{m|enm|sparien}} sparien, {{der|en|ang|sparian||to spare, show mercy to, refrain from injuring or destroying}} Old English sparian (“to spare, show mercy to, refrain from injuring or destroying”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sparōną}} Proto-Germanic *sparōną, {{m|gem-pro|*sparāną||to save, keep, spare}} *sparāną (“to save, keep, spare”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sper-||to be productive, earn}} Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to be productive, earn”), {{cog|sco|spar}} Scots spar, {{m|sco|spare}} spare, {{m|sco|spair||to spare}} spair (“to spare”), {{cog|fy|sparje||to save, spare}} West Frisian sparje (“to save, spare”), {{cog|nl|sparen||to save, spare}} Dutch sparen (“to save, spare”), {{cog|de|sparen||to save, conserve, economise}} German sparen (“to save, conserve, economise”), {{cog|sv|spara||to save, save up}} Swedish spara (“to save, save up”), {{cog|is|spara||to save, conserve}} Icelandic spara (“to save, conserve”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} spare (third-person singular simple present spares, present participle sparing, simple past and past participle spared) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=spar}}
  1. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
    (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-hGMNgNjx
  2. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
    (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-MwMFJU67
  3. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
    (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-GI-CzxEG
  4. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
    (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
    (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
    Tags: specifically, transitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-juYuK~g7
  5. To keep.
    (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
    Tags: intransitive Translations (to be frugal): икономисвам (ikonomisvam) (Bulgarian), spórol (Hungarian), takarékoskodik (Hungarian), parcō (Latin), matatoua (Maori), oszczędzać [imperfective] (Polish), oszczędzić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-h5ZDEAeK Disambiguation of 'to be frugal': 4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20
  6. To keep.
    (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-GHgf2OJ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5
  7. To keep.
    (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to reserve from occupation, use or duty): пестя (pestja) (Bulgarian), sparen (Dutch), épargner (French), sparen (German), félretesz (Hungarian), megtakarít (Hungarian), megspórol (Hungarian), risparmiare (Italian), żałować (note: usually negative polarity) [imperfective] (Polish), szczędzić (note: usually negative polarity) [imperfective] (Polish), waqaychay (Quechua), жале́ть (žalétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ahorrar (Spanish), шкодува́ти (škoduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), spårgnî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-KvhPXv5h Disambiguation of 'to reserve from occupation, use or duty': 2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3
  8. (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spare-en-verb-f4hZFvgw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: don't spare the horses, spare no effort, spare no expense, spare someone's blushes, spare someone the details, spare the rod and spoil the child, to spare Translations (to show mercy): φείδομαι (pheídomai) (Ancient Greek), رَحِمَ (raḥima) (Arabic), щадя (štadja) (Bulgarian), пощадявам (poštadjavam) (Bulgarian), 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (freidjan) (Gothic), megkímél (Hungarian), kímél (Hungarian), þyrma (Icelandic), risparmiare (Italian), impercō (Latin), parcō (Latin), þyrma (Old Norse), oszczędzać [imperfective] (Polish), oszczędzić [perfective] (Polish), मृडति (mṛḍati) (Sanskrit), apiadarse (Spanish), skona (Swedish), bağışlamak (Turkish)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'to show mercy': 24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /spaʁ/ Forms: spares [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sparus. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|sparus}} Latin sparus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} spare m (plural spares)
  1. a fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-spare-fr-noun-R6M6MxeO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /spɛʁ/ Forms: spares [plural]
Etymology: From English spare. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|en|spare}} English spare Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} spare m (plural spares)
  1. (bowling) a spare Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Bowling Related terms: strike
    Sense id: en-spare-fr-noun-YHzmtsn8 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [German]

Audio: De-spare.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} spare
  1. inflection of sparen: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: sparen
    Sense id: en-spare-de-verb-Scvtvc~b Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 42 29 29
  2. inflection of sparen: Tags: first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person Form of: sparen
    Sense id: en-spare-de-verb-TGSSLQ~6
  3. inflection of sparen: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: sparen
    Sense id: en-spare-de-verb-MQ6kHuGw

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈspa.re/ [Classical], [ˈs̠pärɛ] [Classical], /ˈspa.re/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈspäːre] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} spare
  1. vocative singular of sparus Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: sparus
    Sense id: en-spare-la-noun-wHCtxdiV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} spare
  1. Alternative form of sparre Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sparre
    Sense id: en-spare-enm-noun-tkeQz1va
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} spare
  1. Alternative form of sparren (“to close”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sparren (extra: to close)
    Sense id: en-spare-enm-verb-4WyLVcFJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: spar [imperative], sparer [present], spares [passive], sparte [past], spart [participle, past], sparende [participle, present]
Etymology: From Old Norse spara. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|spara}} Old Norse spara Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|spar|present tense|sparer|passive|spares|simple past|sparte|past participle|spart|present participle|sparende}} spare (imperative spar, present tense sparer, passive spares, simple past sparte, past participle spart, present participle sparende)
  1. to save Derived forms: sparebank
    Sense id: en-spare-nb-verb-vFbiU1oc Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "go spare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "like a spare prick at a wedding"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare ball"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare change"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spareness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare part"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare rib"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare room"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare time"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare tire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare tool"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare tyre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare wheel"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "sbâr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: sbâr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: sbâr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "spare"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English spare",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "spar"
      },
      "expansion": "spar",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "spær",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sparing, scant"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sparaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sparaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sph₁rós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*speh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "*speh₁-",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "spaarzaam",
        "3": "spaar(zaam)"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch spaar(zaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparsam",
        "3": "spar(sam)"
      },
      "expansion": "German spar(sam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "spärlich",
        "3": "spär(lich)"
      },
      "expansion": "spär(lich)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sparsam",
        "3": "spar(sam)"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish spar(sam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sparr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sparing"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sparr (“sparing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prosperus",
        "3": "(pro)sperus",
        "t": "lucky"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "споръ",
        "t": "plentiful"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "shperr",
        "t": "earn money"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian shperr (“earn money”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "سپار",
        "t": "entrust; deposit",
        "tr": "sepâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαρνός",
        "t": "rare"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्फिर",
        "t": "thick",
        "tr": "sphirá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-.\nCompare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sparer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "spare (comparative sparer, superlative sparest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a spare diet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Scant; not abundant or plentiful."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-~cr1y~YI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Scant",
          "scant"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oskǎden",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "оскъден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "niukka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "spärlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "dürftig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "szűkös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "visszafogott"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "gyér"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "scarso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umérennyj",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "уме́ренный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skudnyj",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "скудный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "frugal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 7 8 0 20 8 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
          "word": "económico"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-GTysWX4e",
      "links": [
        [
          "Austere",
          "austere"
        ],
        [
          "stripped down",
          "stripped down"
        ],
        [
          "extraneous",
          "extraneous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 April 12, Phil Patton, “At VW, the Italian Accent Gets Stronger”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Under Hartmut Warkuss, its design director until 2003, Volkswagen styling celebrated its Teutonic origins and the spare modernist tradition expressed in Braun radios and coffee makers, reference points for the neomodern simplicity of the iPod.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-IjTsXQsW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sparing",
          "sparing"
        ],
        [
          "frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "parsimonious",
          "parsimonious"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pesteliv",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "пестелив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "säästäväinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "sparsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "takarékos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "frugale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "word": "parsimonioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 73 3 2 3 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skupoj",
          "sense": "sparing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скупой"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I have no spare time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-YGrkXDoL",
      "links": [
        [
          "superfluous",
          "superfluous"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izlišen",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "излишен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "nadbytečný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "ylimääräinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "überschüssig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "überflüssig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "szabad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "plusz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "fennmaradó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "megmaradt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "maradék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "superfluo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "ulteriore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "subsicīvus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ezâfe",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "اضافه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "líšnij",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "ли́шний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "a bharrachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 9 5 62 1 8 3 5",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
          "word": "sbâr"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-MzulWI6x",
      "links": [
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapasen",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "запасен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rezerven",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "резервен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "náhradní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "vara-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "rechange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "Reserve-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "tartalék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "pót-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "di scorta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "di riserva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "di ricambio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "tu(w)hene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zâpâs",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "زاپاس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "yadaki",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "یدکی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "yadak",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "یدک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapasnój",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "запасно́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "a bharrachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "de reserva (loc.)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "de repuesto (loc.)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 9 69 7 5 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapasnýj",
          "sense": "held in reserve",
          "word": "запасни́й"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We could rent out the spare room.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth",
          "text": "Shepard: I take it this is your first time here?\nWrex: Meant to tell you Shepard. Earth reminds me of home. Guess you'll be needing a new planet too. That's okay. Tuchanka's got room to spare and a guard dog named Kalros.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not occupied or in current use."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-QUqY7oSr",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 3 12 14 1 50 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not occupied",
          "word": "frei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 3 12 14 1 50 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not occupied",
          "word": "unbenutzt"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-adj-en:lean",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "gaunt",
          "gaunt"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:lean"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎršav",
          "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
          "word": "мършав"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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          "word": "thanney"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 2",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "kōkau"
        }
      ]
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "text": "When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Tate Hallaway, Tall, Dark & Dead",
          "text": "“That'll drive him spare.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, David Ovason, The Zelator",
          "text": "My grandfather (unaware that he was using antique terms) would often say ruefully that I would drive him spare. The idea was that my behaviour would so dement him as to drive him berserk.",
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        }
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      ]
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "glosses": [
        "That which has not been used or expended."
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "text": "an heir and a spare (dynastic context)",
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          "ref": "2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, J. R. Moehringer, Spare, Penguin Random House",
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    },
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        }
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        "(bowling) 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."
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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    },
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "sports"
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Sandra Rinomato, Realty Check: Real Estate Secrets for First-Time Canadian Home Buyers",
          "text": "I also remember watching David Letterman's short-lived morning show on TV when I had a spare during my school schedule.",
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        "(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class."
      ],
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        "Canada"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Myanmar English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "Myanmar"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "don't spare the horses"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare no effort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare no expense"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare someone's blushes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare someone the details"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spare the rod and spoil the child"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to spare"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sparen"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sparien"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "5": "to spare, show mercy to, refrain from injuring or destroying"
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        "2": "spar"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "spare"
      },
      "expansion": "spare",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "spair",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to spare"
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      "expansion": "spair (“to spare”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to save, spare"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "sparen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to save, spare"
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      "expansion": "Dutch sparen (“to save, spare”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to save, conserve, economise"
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      "expansion": "German sparen (“to save, conserve, economise”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "spara",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to save, conserve"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic spara (“to save, conserve”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spare (third-person singular simple present spares, present participle sparing, simple past and past participle spared)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1",
        "stem": "spar"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "To desist; to stop; to refrain."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-hGMNgNjx",
      "links": [
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "have mercy",
          "have mercy"
        ],
        [
          "desist",
          "desist"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "refrain",
          "refrain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-MwMFJU67",
      "links": [
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "have mercy",
          "have mercy"
        ],
        [
          "refrain",
          "refrain"
        ],
        [
          "inflict",
          "inflict"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "forbearance",
          "forbearance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "(intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949 September and October, “The \"Nord Express\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336",
          "text": "Cologne Hauptbahnhof is reached in the small hours, and the traveller new to postwar Germany is spared the sight of the devastated city.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-GI-CzxEG",
      "links": [
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "have mercy",
          "have mercy"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "forbear",
          "forbear"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "(transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 2023-01-10",
          "text": "In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own. Muller tells her that she can't just take it upon herself to decide what's best, as who knows what would've happened if she had made a mistake. She proceeds to cuss him out, and he gives her a choice, telling her that if she apologizes now, he'll put in a good word for her with the O5 Council, which might spare her. She's silent for a moment, but does end up apologizing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.",
        "To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-juYuK~g7",
      "links": [
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "have mercy",
          "have mercy"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "forbear",
          "forbear"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "refrain",
          "refrain"
        ],
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "(transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.",
        "(specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1737, Alexander Pope, The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope",
          "text": "I, who at some times spend, at others spare, / Divided between carelessness and care.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-h5ZDEAeK",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "profuse",
          "profuse"
        ],
        [
          "parsimonious",
          "parsimonious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "(intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ikonomisvam",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "word": "икономисвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "word": "spórol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "word": "takarékoskodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "word": "parcō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "word": "matatoua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oszczędzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be frugal",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oszczędzić"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 3 5 9 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 9 4 5 6 9 0 5 5 5 5 3 9 0 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-GHgf2OJ9",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "forbear",
          "forbear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "(transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First Beginning of that Nation, page 580",
          "text": "All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, from assaults, and the naturall refreshing of his body, be bestowed in praier and seruing of God",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-KvhPXv5h",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To keep.",
        "(transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pestja",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "пестя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "sparen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "épargner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "sparen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "félretesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "megtakarít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "megspórol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "risparmiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "usually negative polarity",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "żałować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "usually negative polarity",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "szczędzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "waqaychay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žalétʹ",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "жале́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "ahorrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "škoduváty",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "шкодува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
          "word": "spårgnî"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1779, Earl of Roscommon, “The Twenty-second Ode of the First Book of Horace”",
          "text": "Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 April, “Talking of Trains: The present difficulties”, in Trains Illustrated, page 193",
          "text": "At Southall, we believe, it has been difficult to spare men from an understaffed motive power establishment to undergo non revenue-earning training on the diesel multiple-units, because crews are scarce for trip freight working.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with."
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-en-verb-f4hZFvgw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spare.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-us-spare.ogg/En-us-spare.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-spare.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "spâr"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raḥima",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "رَحِمَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štadja",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "щадя"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poštadjavam",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "пощадявам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "freidjan",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pheídomai",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "φείδομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "megkímél"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "kímél"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "þyrma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "risparmiare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "impercō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "parcō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "þyrma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzić"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mṛḍati",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "मृडति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "apiadarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "skona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spare"
      },
      "expansion": "English spare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English spare. Related to the following verb.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spare",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares'",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "11": "or",
        "12": "spares",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "sparen",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
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      "expansion": "spare c (singular definite sparen, plural indefinite spare or spares)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "pl-indef-2": "spares"
      },
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      "name": "da-noun"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ne",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "spares'",
        "pl-indef-2": "spares"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "sparenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
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        "gen-pl-indef-2": "spares'",
        "gen-sg-def": "sparens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "spares",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "sparene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "spare",
        "pl-indef-2": "spares",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sparen",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "spare"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
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  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "da",
          "name": "Bowling",
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          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "spare (the act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame)"
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      "id": "en-spare-da-noun-N2wdI0Dq",
      "links": [
        [
          "bowling",
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        [
          "spare",
          "spare#English"
        ]
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        "common-gender"
      ],
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        "bowling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥ɛɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥æɐ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "spara"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "en",
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      },
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparen"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "sparede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "present"
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "perfect"
      ]
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        "passive",
        "present"
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        "passive",
        "past"
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparet",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "spar",
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        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spare",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
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        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "sparet"
      },
      "expansion": "spare (past tense sparede, past participle sparet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spar",
        "2": "",
        "3": "er",
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        "5": "h",
        "6": "et"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "da",
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        "to save"
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-da-verb-vFbiU1oc",
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          "save"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-spare-da-verb-4xe0rgkw",
      "links": [
        [
          "spare",
          "spare#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-spare-da-verb-5nuJARyA",
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        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "30 2 2 2 65",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        "to save up"
      ],
      "id": "en-spare-da-verb-HxM444DD",
      "links": [
        [
          "save up",
          "save up"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spaːrə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥ɑːɑ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sparer"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sparre"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sparrer"
    }
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  "word": "spare"
}

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        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "spare",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
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        {
          "word": "sparen"
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        "singular present subjunctive of sparen"
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      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#Dutch"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/Nl-spare.ogg/Nl-spare.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Nl-spare.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "sparus"
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      "expansion": "Latin sparus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin sparus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "spare m (plural spares)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "id": "en-spare-fr-noun-R6M6MxeO",
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        [
          "superorder",
          "superorder"
        ],
        [
          "Acanthopterygii",
          "Acanthopterygii#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/spaʁ/"
    }
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}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spare"
      },
      "expansion": "English spare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English spare.",
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    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "spare m (plural spares)",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
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          "parents": [
            "Games",
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            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "a spare"
      ],
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        [
          "bowling",
          "bowling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "spare",
          "spare#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bowling) a spare"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "strike"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bowling",
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spɛʁ/"
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}

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      "expansion": "spare",
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        {
          "_dis": "42 29 29",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "sparen"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sparen"
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      ],
      "id": "en-spare-de-verb-TGSSLQ~6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of sparen:\n"
      ],
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        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
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    {
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          "word": "sparen"
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      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
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        "inflection of sparen:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "audio": "De-spare.ogg",
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      "expansion": "spare",
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          "word": "sparus"
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        [
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      ],
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈspa.re/",
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        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠pärɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.re/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspäːre]",
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    }
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}

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  "word": "spare"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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          "extra": "to close",
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        }
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          "_dis": "35 65",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)"
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "spara"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spara.",
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    {
      "form": "spar",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparer",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spart",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sparende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "nb",
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          "kind": "other",
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    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from English",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Danish terms with homophones",
    "Danish verbs"
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      "expansion": "English spare",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "spares'",
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          "spare",
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      "ipa": "/spɛːr/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥ɛɐ̯]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥æɐ̯]"
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}

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      "form": "sparet",
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      "form": "da-conj",
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      "form": "sparer",
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      "form": "havde sparet",
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      "form": "sparende",
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        "participle",
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "have",
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      "form": "-",
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        "auxiliary",
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      "form": "sparen",
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      "form": "-",
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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      "ipa": "/spaːrə/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsb̥ɑːɑ]"
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      "homophone": "sparer"
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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    "en:Clothing"
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      "word": "go spare"
    },
    {
      "word": "like a spare prick at a wedding"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare ball"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare change"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparely"
    },
    {
      "word": "spareness"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare part"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparer"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare rib"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare room"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare time"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare tire"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare tool"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare tyre"
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      "word": "spare wheel"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German spar(sam)",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
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        "t": "earn money"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      "form": "sparest",
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          "ref": "2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 April 12, Phil Patton, “At VW, the Italian Accent Gets Stronger”, in New York Times",
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          "frugal",
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        {
          "text": "I have no spare time.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre",
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        "Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency."
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        [
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        {
          "text": "We could rent out the spare room.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth",
          "text": "Shepard: I take it this is your first time here?\nWrex: Meant to tell you Shepard. Earth reminds me of home. Guess you'll be needing a new planet too. That's okay. Tuchanka's got room to spare and a guard dog named Kalros.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not occupied or in current use."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "meager",
          "meager"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "gaunt",
          "gaunt"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:lean"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Tate Hallaway, Tall, Dark & Dead",
          "text": "“That'll drive him spare.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, David Ovason, The Zelator",
          "text": "My grandfather (unaware that he was using antique terms) would often say ruefully that I would drive him spare. The idea was that my behaviour would so dement him as to drive him berserk.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Very angry; frustrated or distraught."
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        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "frustrated",
          "frustrated"
        ],
        [
          "distraught",
          "distraught"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught."
      ],
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        "en:mad"
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        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-spare.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-spare.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "enpr": "spâr"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oskǎden",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "оскъден"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "niukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "spärlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "dürftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "szűkös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "visszafogott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "gyér"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "scarso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umérennyj",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "уме́ренный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skudnyj",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "скудный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scanty, not abundant or plentiful",
      "word": "económico"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pesteliv",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "пестелив"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "säästäväinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "sparsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "takarékos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "frugale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "word": "parsimonioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skupoj",
      "sense": "sparing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скупой"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlišen",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "излишен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "nadbytečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "ylimääräinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "überschüssig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "überflüssig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "szabad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "plusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "fennmaradó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "megmaradt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "maradék"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "superfluo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "ulteriore"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "subsicīvus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ezâfe",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "اضافه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "líšnij",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "ли́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "a bharrachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "being over and above what is necessary",
      "word": "sbâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapasen",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "запасен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rezerven",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "резервен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "náhradní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "vara-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "rechange"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "Reserve-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "tartalék"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "pót-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "di scorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "di riserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "di ricambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "tu(w)hene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zâpâs",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "زاپاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yadaki",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "یدکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yadak",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "یدک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapasnój",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "запасно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "a bharrachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "de reserva (loc.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "de repuesto (loc.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapasnýj",
      "sense": "held in reserve",
      "word": "запасни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not occupied",
      "word": "frei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not occupied",
      "word": "unbenutzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎršav",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "мършав"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "laiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "schlank"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "sovány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "cingár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "ösztövér"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "smilzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "thanney"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to the human figure",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
      "word": "kōkau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "donut spare"
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    {
      "word": "hot spare"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*sph₁rós"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*speh₁-"
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      "expansion": "*speh₁-",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "spaarzaam",
        "3": "spaar(zaam)"
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      "expansion": "Dutch spaar(zaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparsam",
        "3": "spar(sam)"
      },
      "expansion": "German spar(sam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "spär(lich)"
      },
      "expansion": "spär(lich)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sparsam",
        "3": "spar(sam)"
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prosperus",
        "3": "(pro)sperus",
        "t": "lucky"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "shperr",
        "t": "earn money"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian shperr (“earn money”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "سپار",
        "t": "entrust; deposit",
        "tr": "sepâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαρνός",
        "t": "rare"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्फिर",
        "t": "thick",
        "tr": "sphirá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-.\nCompare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of sparing; moderation; restraint."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "moderation"
        ],
        [
          "restraint",
          "restraint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Parsimony; frugal use."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Parsimony",
          "parsimony"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "petticoat",
          "petticoat"
        ],
        [
          "placket",
          "placket"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That which has not been used or expended."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A spare part, especially a spare tire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "spare part"
        ],
        [
          "spare tire",
          "spare tire"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an heir and a spare (dynastic context)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, J. R. Moehringer, Spare, Penguin Random House",
          "text": "The whole Heir versus Spare thing? Wasn't it a bit late for that tired childhood dynamic?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A superfluous or second-best person."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bowling",
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        ]
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        "(bowling) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bowling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bowling"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The 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."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bowling) The 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bowling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Sandra Rinomato, Realty Check: Real Estate Secrets for First-Time Canadian Home Buyers",
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        "Canada"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Myanmar English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)"
      ],
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        [
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          "hand"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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      "word": "don't spare the horses"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare no effort"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare no expense"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare someone's blushes"
    },
    {
      "word": "spare someone the details"
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    {
      "word": "spare the rod and spoil the child"
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      "args": {
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "To desist; to stop; to refrain."
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
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        }
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 2023-01-10",
          "text": "In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own. Muller tells her that she can't just take it upon herself to decide what's best, as who knows what would've happened if she had made a mistake. She proceeds to cuss him out, and he gives her a choice, telling her that if she apologizes now, he'll put in a good word for her with the O5 Council, which might spare her. She's silent for a moment, but does end up apologizing.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
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        "To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed."
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        "To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
        "(transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "specifically",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1737, Alexander Pope, The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope",
          "text": "I, who at some times spend, at others spare, / Divided between carelessness and care.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To keep.",
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        "To keep.",
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      "categories": [
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        "To keep.",
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      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1610, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First Beginning of that Nation, page 580",
          "text": "All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, from assaults, and the naturall refreshing of his body, be bestowed in praier and seruing of God",
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        }
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          "ref": "a. 1779, Earl of Roscommon, “The Twenty-second Ode of the First Book of Horace”",
          "text": "Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 April, “Talking of Trains: The present difficulties”, in Trains Illustrated, page 193",
          "text": "At Southall, we believe, it has been difficult to spare men from an understaffed motive power establishment to undergo non revenue-earning training on the diesel multiple-units, because crews are scarce for trip freight working.",
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        "(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with."
      ],
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        "(transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raḥima",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "رَحِمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štadja",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "щадя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poštadjavam",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "пощадявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "freidjan",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pheídomai",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "φείδομαι"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "megkímél"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "kímél"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "þyrma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "risparmiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "impercō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "parcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "þyrma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mṛḍati",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "मृडति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "apiadarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "skona"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to show mercy",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ikonomisvam",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "word": "икономисвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "word": "spórol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "word": "takarékoskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "word": "parcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "word": "matatoua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be frugal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pestja",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "пестя"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "sparen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "épargner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "sparen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "félretesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "megtakarít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "megspórol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "risparmiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "usually negative polarity",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "żałować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "usually negative polarity",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "szczędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "waqaychay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žalétʹ",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "жале́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "ahorrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "škoduváty",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "шкодува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
      "word": "spårgnî"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
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    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin sparus.",
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      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "spare m (plural spares)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "superorder",
          "superorder"
        ],
        [
          "Acanthopterygii",
          "Acanthopterygii#Translingual"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spaʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
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    "French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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        "3": "spare"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English spare.",
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    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "strike"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Bowling"
      ],
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        "a spare"
      ],
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        [
          "bowling",
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        ],
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          "spare",
          "spare#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(bowling) a spare"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "bowling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spɛʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

{
  "categories": [
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    "German non-lemma forms",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German verb forms"
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
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      ],
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        "inflection of sparen:\n"
      ],
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        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "word": "sparen"
        }
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        "inflection of sparen:\n## first-person singular present\n## first/third-person singular subjunctive I\n## singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular subjunctive I"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of sparen:\n"
      ],
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "word": "sparen"
        }
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        "inflection of sparen:\n## first-person singular present\n## first/third-person singular subjunctive I\n## singular imperative",
        "singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparen",
          "sparen#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "inflection of sparen:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/De-spare.ogg/De-spare.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/De-spare.ogg",
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    }
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  "word": "spare"
}

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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin noun forms",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "sparus"
        }
      ],
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        "vocative singular of sparus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparus",
          "sparus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.re/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠pärɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspa.re/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspäːre]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "spare",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "sparre"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sparre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparre",
          "sparre#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    }
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  "word": "spare"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "spare",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to close",
          "word": "sparren"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparren",
          "sparren#Middle_English:_to_close"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spare"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sparebank"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spara"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spara",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spara.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spar",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparer",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spares",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "sparte",
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        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "spar",
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      "expansion": "spare (imperative spar, present tense sparer, passive spares, simple past sparte, past participle spart, present participle sparende)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to save"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "save",
          "save#English"
        ]
      ]
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  "word": "spare"
}

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