Dette er ordets definitions relatert til spare. Klikk på et hvilket som helst ord for å gå til ordets detaljside. Eller, gå til definisjonen av spare.
1 to give sth to sb when you have more than you need
2 to save from having to suffer
She was spared the embarrassment of having to apologize. Hun ble spart for skammen ved å måtte be om unnskyldningen.
She begged them to spare her father’s life. Hun bønnfalt dem om å spare hennes fars liv.
6 to manage without
No-one can be spared from this office.
8 to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc
‘Spare us!’ they begged.
11 to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc)
12 extra; not actually being used
15 an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.