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spare

How to sign: more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare;

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Similiar / Same: excess, redundant, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus, extra, superfluous

spare

How to sign: lacking in decoration, luxury, or comforts
"his spartan bachelor pad was a reflection of his meager finances rather than his aesthetic ideals";

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Similiar / Same: spartan

spare

How to sign: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

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Similiar / Same: spare part

Categories: component, constituent, element

spare

How to sign: refrain from harming

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Similiar / Same: save

Categories: forbear, refrain

Within this category: favor

spare

How to sign: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

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Categories: score

spare

How to sign: give up what is not strictly needed
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey";

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Similiar / Same: part with, dispense with, give up

Categories: give

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