spare

1. (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

2. (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

3. (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.Examples: "I also remember watching David Letterman's short-lived morning show on TV when I had a spare during my school schedule."Canada

4. (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)Myanmar

1. To show mercy, to have mercy on.intransitive

2. To show mercy, to have mercy on.intransitive

3. To show mercy, to have mercy on.Examples: "For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance."; "Cologne Hauptbahnhof is reached in the small hours, and the traveller new to postwar Germany is spared the sight of the devastated city."transitive

4. To show mercy, to have mercy on.Examples: "Kill me, if you please, or spare me."; "Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection."; "In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own. Muller tells her that she can't just take it upon herself to decide what's best, as who knows what would've happened if she had made a mistake. She proceeds to cuss him out, and he gives her a choice, telling her that if she apologizes now, he'll put in a good word for her with the O5 Council, which might spare her. She's silent for a moment, but does end up apologizing."specificallytransitive

5. To keep.Examples: "I, who at some times spend, at others spare, / Divided between carelessness and care."intransitive

6. To keep.Examples: "Thou that day / Thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare"; "He that hath knowledge, spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit."transitive