Dictionary entry details
• SPEND (verb)
Meaning:
Pass (time) in a specific way
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
spend; pass
Context example:
How are you spending your summer vacation?
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spend"):
overwinter; winter (spend the winter)
sojourn (spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily)
get through; while away (spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time)
do; serve (spend time in prison or in a labor camp)
holiday; vacation (spend or take a vacation)
misspend (spend time badly or unwisely)
piddle; piddle away; trifle; wanton; wanton away (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)
weekend (spend the weekend)
put in (devote (time, effort, etc.) to a task)
christmas (spend Christmas)
sunday (spend Sunday)
lead (pass or spend)
soldier (serve as a soldier in the military)
summer (spend the summer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They spend a long time
Meaning:
Pay out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
expend; spend; drop
Context example:
spend money
Hypernyms (to "spend" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spend"):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
lay out (spend or invest)
economise; economize; save (spend sparingly, avoid the waste of)
commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)
nickel-and-dime; penny-pinch (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
misspend (spend (money or other resources) unwisely)
underspend (spend at less than the normal rate)
trifle away; wanton; wanton away (spend wastefully)
blow (spend lavishly or wastefully on)
afford (be able to spare or give up)
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Sentence examples:
They spend money on their grandchild
They spend the money
Meaning:
Spend completely
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
I spend my pocket money in two days
Hypernyms (to "spend" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spend"):
underspend (spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example))
overspend (spend more than available of (a budget))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Sentence example:
They spend the money
