| Spend |
v. t. |
To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. |
| Spend |
v. t. |
To bestow; to employ;
often with on or upon. |
| Spend |
v. t. |
To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices. |
| Spend |
v. t. |
To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad. |
| Spend |
v. t. |
To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Spend |
v. i. |
To be diffused; to spread. |
| Spend |
v. i. |
To break ground; to continue working. |
| Spender |
n. |
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift. |
| Spending |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Spend |
| Spending |
n. |
The act of expending; expenditure. |
| Spendthrift |
n. |
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. |
| Spendthrift |
a. |
Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. |
| Spendthrifty |
a. |
Spendthrift; prodigal. |
