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{
"derived": [
{
"_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"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"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"
},
"expansion": "Old English spær (“sparing, scant”)",
"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 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pesteliv",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "пестелив"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "säästäväinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "sparsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "takarékos"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "frugale"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sparing",
"word": "parsimonioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 72 3 2 3 3 4",
"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 49 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not occupied",
"word": "frei"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 3 12 14 1 49 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 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎršav",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "мършав"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "laiha"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "sovány"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "cingár"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "ösztövér"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "magro"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "smilzo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "lean, meager — see also lean",
"word": "thanney"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 8 10 17 9 45 3",
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"ref": "2010, Sandra Rinomato, Realty Check: Real Estate Secrets for First-Time Canadian Home Buyers",
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"ref": "1949 September and October, “The \"Nord Express\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336",
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[
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[
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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.",
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{
"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.",
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"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."
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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.",
"(specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed."
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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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"_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
"code": "bg",
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"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"
},
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"_dis1": "4 3 3 3 57 7 2 20",
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"lang": "Polish",
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"To keep.",
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"To keep.",
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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",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To keep.",
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"To keep.",
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"transitive"
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"_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"
},
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"_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
"code": "hu",
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"word": "megtakarít"
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{
"_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
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"sense": "to reserve from occupation, use or duty",
"word": "megspórol"
},
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"_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
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"code": "qu",
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"word": "waqaychay"
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"_dis1": "2 24 8 8 1 2 52 3",
"code": "ru",
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"imperfective"
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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"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "to show mercy",
"word": "رَحِمَ"
},
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"_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",
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"sense": "to show mercy",
"word": "пощадявам"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"sense": "to show mercy",
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "to show mercy",
"word": "φείδομαι"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"word": "þyrma"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"word": "risparmiare"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "la",
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"word": "impercō"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "la",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
"code": "sa",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 1 1 0 2",
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"ref": "2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club",
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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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"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.",
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"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very angry; frustrated or distraught."
],
"links": [
[
"angry",
"angry"
],
[
"frustrated",
"frustrated"
],
[
"distraught",
"distraught"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught."
],
"senseid": [
"en:mad"
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"informal"
]
}
],
"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",
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "spâr"
}
],
"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 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"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",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)/1 syllable",
"en:Clothing"
],
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{
"word": "donut spare"
},
{
"word": "hot spare"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "spare"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
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},
"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"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sph₁rós"
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"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"
}
],
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"form": "spares",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"The act of sparing; moderation; restraint."
],
"links": [
[
"moderation",
"moderation"
],
[
"restraint",
"restraint"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Parsimony; frugal use."
],
"links": [
[
"Parsimony",
"parsimony"
]
]
},
{
"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": [
[
"spare part",
"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)"
},
{
"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": [
"en:Bowling"
],
"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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],
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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."
],
"links": [
[
"bowling",
"bowling#Noun"
],
[
"frame",
"frame"
]
],
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"(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"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Canadian English",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class."
],
"links": [
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"free period",
"free period"
],
[
"block",
"block"
]
],
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"(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class."
],
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Myanmar English"
],
"glosses": [
"assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)"
],
"links": [
[
"assistant",
"assistant"
],
[
"extra",
"extra"
],
[
"hand",
"hand"
]
],
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"(Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)"
],
"tags": [
"Myanmar"
]
}
],
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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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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "spâr"
}
],
"word": "spare"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"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 with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)/1 syllable",
"en:Clothing"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "don't spare the horses"
},
{
"word": "spare no effort"
},
{
"word": "spare no expense"
},
{
"word": "spare someone's blushes"
},
{
"word": "spare someone the details"
},
{
"word": "spare the rod and spoil the child"
},
{
"word": "to spare"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "cy",
"2": "sbario",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: sbario",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: sbario"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"3": "sparian",
"4": "",
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},
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"name": "der"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "*sparāną",
"3": "",
"4": "to save, keep, spare"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sper-",
"4": "",
"5": "to be productive, earn"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "spar"
},
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},
{
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"2": "spare"
},
"expansion": "spare",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
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"3": "",
"4": "to spare"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "sparje",
"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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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "sparen",
"3": "",
"4": "to save, conserve, economise"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "spara",
"3": "",
"4": "to save, save up"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "spara",
"3": "",
"4": "to save, conserve"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"third-person"
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},
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],
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"To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
"To desist; to stop; to refrain."
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[
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"To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
"(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain."
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]
},
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],
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"To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
"To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance."
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"refrain"
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[
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"inflict"
],
[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"forbearance",
"forbearance"
]
],
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"To show mercy, to have mercy on.",
"(intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance."
],
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},
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"English transitive verbs"
],
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"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"
}
],
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"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."
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
"harm",
"harm"
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],
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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."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"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."
],
"links": [
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[
"danger",
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],
[
"punishment",
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],
[
"forbear",
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[
"punish",
"punish"
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[
"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": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"frugal",
"frugal"
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[
"profuse",
"profuse"
],
[
"parsimonious",
"parsimonious"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To keep.",
"(intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To keep.",
"To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give."
],
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"forbear",
"forbear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To keep.",
"(transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"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."
],
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[
"keep",
"keep"
]
],
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"To keep.",
"(transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"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."
],
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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."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
},
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"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",
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"tags": [
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},
{
"enpr": "spâr"
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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"
},
{
"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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