adj.
1.thin and fit
2.more than is needed, desired, or required
3.just sufficient
4.not taken up by scheduled activities
5.kept in reserve especially for emergency use
6.lacking in amplitude or quantity spare n.
1.an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
2.an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
3.a score in tenpins spare v.
1.refrain from harming
2.save or relieve from an experience or action
3.give up what is not strictly needed
4.use frugally or carefully
Idiom of the Day
nurse (someone) back to health
to give someone care to restore him or her to good health
My mother spent several weeks with my grandmother trying to nurse her back to health.