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spend |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spend \Spend\, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use waste, or part with anything as he who gets easily spends freely. He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. --South. 2. To waste or wear away to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as energy spends in the using of it The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. --Bacon. 3. To be diffused; to spread. The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. --Bacon. 4. (Mining) To break ground; to continue working. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr & vb n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out to dispose of to part with as to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv 2. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spend v 1: pass in a specific way as of time [syn: {pass}] 2: pay out "spend money" [syn: {expend}, {drop}] 3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" [syn: {use up}]
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