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Meaning of 'spend'
Meaning of 'spend' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Spend 
[ v. i.]
- To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use,
waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. [ v. i.]- To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To break ground; to continue working.
2. Spend [ v. t.]
- To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing. [ v. t.]- To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
- To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
- To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
- To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
Meaning of 'spend' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. spend [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- use up a period of time in a specific way
Example in sentence:
- how are you spending your summer vacation?
Meaning (2):
- spend completely
- spend completely
Example in sentence:
- I spend my pocket money in two days
Meaning (3):
- pay out
- pay out
Example in sentence:
- spend money
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