How do you spell Sparing
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1) a. - Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
2) a. - To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
3) a. - To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
4) a. - To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
5) a. - To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
6) v. i. - To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
7) v. i. - To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
8) v. i. - To desist; to stop; to refrain.
9) v. t. - Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
10) v. t. - Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
11) v. t. - Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
12) v. t. - Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
13) v. t. - Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
14) v. t. - Slow.
15) n. - The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
16) n. - Parsimony; frugal use.
17) n. - An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
18) n. - That which has not been used or expended.
19) n. - 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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