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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              Spend thou that in the town.          --Shak.
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              Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
              bread?                                --Isa. lv. 2.
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     2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
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              I . . . am never loath
              To spend my judgment.                 --Herbert.
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     3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to
        spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
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     4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a
        day idly; to spend winter abroad.
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              We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
                                                    9.
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     5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
        as, the violence of the waves was spent.
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              Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.
                                                    --Knolles.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              He spends as a person who knows that he must come to
              a reckoning.                          --South.
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     2. To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or
        strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
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              The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open
              air.                                  --Bacon.
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     3. To be diffused; to spread.
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              The vines that they use for wine are so often cut,
              that their sap spendeth into the grapes. --Bacon.
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     4. (Mining) To break ground; to continue working.
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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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spend
       v 1: pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your
            summer vacation?" [syn: pass]
       2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: expend, drop]
       3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
       [also: spent]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 ξοδεύω
     2 (μτβ) περνάω την ώρα μου, βγάζω, χρησιμοποιώ τον χρόνο για
  συγκεκριμένο σκοπό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     n.
     1 Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To pay out (money).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     n.
     1 Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To pay out (money).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     n.
     1 Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To pay out (money).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     n.
     1 Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To pay out (money).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm: spend)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spend
     Engelska vb.
     förbruka, spendera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  spend /spˈɛnd/
  1. spandeer
  2. aangee, deurbring, oordra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spend /spˈɛnd/
  إصرف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  spend //spɛnd// 
  1. харч
  amount spent
  2. разходи
  expenditures

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  spend //spɛnd// 
  1. консумирам
  to consume, to use up (time)
  2. харча
  to pay out
  3. изразходвам, изчерпвам
  to wear out, to exhaust