Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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spare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
bare | No | Yes | Yes | No |
spare (noun) | bare (noun) |
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a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | |
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | |
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
spare (adjective) | bare (adjective) |
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lacking in magnitude or quantity | lacking its natural or customary covering |
thin and fit | not having a protective covering |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | having everything extraneous removed including contents |
not taken up by scheduled activities | providing no shelter or sustenance |
more than is needed, desired, or required | lacking in magnitude or quantity |
kept in reserve especially for emergency use | just barely adequate or within a lower limit |
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
having no clothes on the body | |
lacking a surface finish such as paint |
spare (verb) | bare (verb) |
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use frugally or carefully | lay bare |
give up what is not strictly needed | make public |
refrain from harming | expose to view |
save or relieve from an experience or action |