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sparing |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spare 1 of 4 senses of spare Sense 1 spare, save => favor, favour Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spare 1 of 4 senses of spare Sense 1 spare, save => favor, favour Entailment of verb spare Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb spare 4 senses of spare Sense 1 spare, save => refrain, forbear Sense 2 spare => exempt, relieve, free Sense 3 spare, give up part with dispense with => give Sense 4 spare => use expend Familiarity of verb spare spare used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spare Sense 1 spare, save => refrain, forbear -------------- Sense 2 spare => exempt, relieve, free -------------- Sense 3 spare, give up part with dispense with => give -------------- Sense 4 spare => use expend -------------- Overview of verb spare The verb spare has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (7) spare, save -- (refrain from harming) 2. (5) spare -- (save or relieve from an experience or action "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally") 3. (5) spare, give up part with dispense with -- (to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey.) 4. spare -- (use frugally or carefully) Overview of adj sparing The adj sparing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting -- (avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; (`scotch' is used only informally)) Antonyms of adj sparing 1 sense of sparing Sense 1 economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting INDIRECT (VIA thrifty) -> wasteful Similarity of adj sparing 1 sense of sparing Sense 1 economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting => thrifty (vs. wasteful) Attributes of adj sparing Familiarity of adj sparing sparing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj sparing sparing unsparing Overview of verb spare The verb spare has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (7) spare, save -- (refrain from harming) 2. (5) spare -- (save or relieve from an experience or action "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally") 3. (5) spare, give up part with dispense with -- (to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey.) 4. spare -- (use frugally or carefully) Overview of adj sparing The adj sparing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting -- (avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; (`scotch' is used only informally))
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