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spent

/ˈspɛnt/

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verb

To pay out (money).

Examples :

"He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper."

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verb

To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

Examples :

"The teacher spent hours on preparing the lesson plan. "

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verb

Examples :

"to spend an estate in gambling"

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verb

To exhaust, to wear out.

Examples :

"The violence of the waves was spent."

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verb

To consume, to use up (time).

Examples :

"My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs."

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verb

To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.

Examples :

"The fish spends his semen on eggs which he finds floating and whose mother he has never seen."

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verb

To waste or wear away; to be consumed.

Examples :

"Energy spends in the using of it."

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verb

To be diffused; to spread.

Examples :

"The scent of freshly baked bread spent through the house, filling every room with a delicious aroma. "

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To break ground; to continue working.

Examples :

"The construction crew spent the entire morning digging the foundation for the new house. "

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adjective

Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

Examples :

"a spent cartridge"

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adjective

Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

Examples :

"The salmon were spent after their arduous journey upstream to spawn. "