English Dictionary

spare

/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/

noun

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. / Parsimony; frugal use. / An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. / That which has not been used or expended. / A spare part, especially a spare tire.

I always keep a spare key in case I lose the original.

意味（1）

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

men slaine, then without any spare at all they trampled over the dead carkasses

意味（2）

Parsimony; frugal use.

Pourd out their plenty, without spight or spare:

意味（3）

An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

意味（4）

That which has not been used or expended.

意味（5）

A spare part, especially a spare tire.

意味（6）

A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".

意味（7）

(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.

意味（8）

(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.

意味（9）

(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.

I also remember watching David Letterman's short-lived morning show on TV when I had a spare during my school schedule.

意味（10）

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