SPENDERE. ADOPERARE. CONSUMARE. IMPIEGARE. PASSARE. PERDERE
spend\spend\ (?), v. i.
1. to expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. he spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning.
2. to waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. the sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air.
3. to be diffused; to spread. the vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes.
4. (mining) to break ground; to continue working.
spend \spend\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. spent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. spending.] [as. spendan (in comp.), fr. l. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. see pendant, and cf. dispend, expend, spence, spencer.] 1. to weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. spend thou that in the town. wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? lv. 2.
2. to bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. i am never loath to spend my judgment. erbert.
3. to consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
4. to pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad. we spend our years as a tale that is told. xc. 9.
5. to exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.
spend v
1. pass in a specific way; as of time; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
[syn: pass] 2. pay out; "spend money"
[syn: expend, drop] 3. spend completely; "i spend my pocket money in two days"
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