Spend - English meaning

verb

(of wind) move creating an air current.

Usage examples:

A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea

noun

A strong wind.

Usage examples:

We're in for a bit of a blow

noun

A powerful stroke with a hand, weapon, or hard object.

Usage examples:

He received a blow to the skull

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.

Usage examples:

The clear blue sky

noun

Blue colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

She was dressed in blue

verb

A person who has represented cambridge university (a cambridge blue ) or oxford university (an oxford blue ) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities.

Usage examples:

A flyweight boxing blue

phrasal verb

Discharge from the lungs and out of the mouth

phrasal verb

To force liquid out of your lungs

Usage examples:

She coughed up a lot of phlegm., i had to cough up $85 for a parking fine.

phrasal verb

To give money, especially when you do not really want to or when a large amount is involved

Usage examples:

A plan for how the money should be spent was presented, in the hope of persuading donors to cough up.

verb

Give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity).

Usage examples:

I wanted to devote more time to my family

phrasal verb

To give your time or effort completely to something you believe in or to a person, or to use a particular amount of time or energy doing something

Usage examples:

He devoted his life to serving his family, friends, and neighbors., over half his speech was devote…

phrasal verb

To give all of something, especially your time, effort, or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person

Usage examples:

He left the senate to devote more time to his family., she has devoted all her energies/life to the…

verb

Pay out (money from a fund).

Usage examples:

$67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed

verb

If a bank, organization, or government disburses money, it officially pays it to someone

Usage examples:

Up to now, the foundation has disbursed $1.3 million., disburse sth to sb the money was disbursed t…

verb

To pay out money, usually from an amount that has been collected for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

The local authorities annually disburse between £50 million and £100 million on arts projects.

verb

Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.

Usage examples:

The firm employs 150 people

noun

The state of being employed for wages or a salary.

Usage examples:

I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb

To pay someone to work or do a job for you

Usage examples:

The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

verb

Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).

Usage examples:

The energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

verb

To use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

They expend all their energy fixing up their house.

verb

To use or spend something, especially time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

Expend energy/effort/time why do firms expend effort investing abroad, rather than staying home and…

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

noun

An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Usage examples:

We have eaten our fill

verb

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

phrasal verb

To surrender someone or something to another

phrasal verb

To pay a large amount of money, especially unwillingly

Usage examples:

Investors must fork out $850 to $1,000 for each share they want to buy., fork out for sth if you do…

phrasal verb

Spend frivolously and unwisely

phrasal verb

To waste money, time, or an opportunity

Usage examples:

Retirees must plan how to fill their hours or they risk frittering the time away.

idiom

Cause to come or go down

phrasal verb

Demolish a building or other structure.

Usage examples:

The closely packed houses were knocked down

phrasal verb

(especially of a vehicle) strike or collide with someone so as to cause them to fall to the ground.

Usage examples:

I was nearly knocked down by a bus

adjective

Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Usage examples:

A lavish banquet

verb

Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.

Usage examples:

The media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

adjective

Spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough

Usage examples:

The team has the most lavish training facility in the league., they live in a lavishly furnished ap…

verb

Reside or have one's place of business in (a building).

Usage examples:

The rented flat she occupies in hampstead

verb

Live in (a certain place)

verb

(of an army or group of people) to move into and take control or possession of a place

Usage examples:

Nationalist forces now occupy more than 70% of the country., a large couch occupies most of the spa…

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

An act or instance of moving past or through something.

Usage examples:

Repeated passes with the swipe card

exclamation

Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz.

Usage examples:

To the enigmatic question we answered ‘pass’

noun

An act of spending money freely or extravagantly.

Usage examples:

The annual pre-christmas splurge

verb

Spend (money) freely or extravagantly.

Usage examples:

I'd splurged about £2,500 on clothes

verb

To spend money on something that is more expensive than you usually buy

Usage examples:

[ i ] we could save the money or splurge on a new car, we go to that restaurant for our big end-of-…

verb

Move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards.

Usage examples:

I sprang out of bed

noun

The season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from march to may and in the southern hemisphere from september to november.

Usage examples:

In spring the garden is a feast of blossom

verb

Move forward by leaps and bounds

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way

Usage examples:

Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money., don’t squander your opportunities when you ar…

verb

To waste large amounts of money or other resources

Usage examples:

Fifty-five percent of likely voters are convinced that much of the state's tax money is being squan…

phrasal verb

Pay a sum of money.

Usage examples:

A buyer would have to stump up at least £8.5 million for the site

phrasal verb

To make a payment, especially unwillingly

Usage examples:

The company has agreed to stump up a further 1.62m shares.

idiom

Use up (resources or materials)

phrasal verb

Use all of a stock or supply of something.

Usage examples:

The money was soon used up

phrasal verb

To use all of something, so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

Have we used up all of the paper towels?

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

idiom

Spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner

phrasal verb

To spend time in a relaxed way, sometimes when waiting for something else to happen

Usage examples:

I used to knit a lot when i was pregnant just to while away the time.