Definition of spend

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Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices..

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Spend :: Spend (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..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..
Swing :: Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
Aeroscope :: Aeroscope (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air..
Mist :: Mist (n.) Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog..
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
Dingthrift :: Dingthrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Lounge :: Lounge (a.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner..
So :: So (adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book..
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
Impend :: Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
Canon :: Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..
Summer :: Summer (v. i.) To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland..
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Expense :: Expense (n.) A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..
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