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Meaning of spent

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spent

Pronunciation:/ˈspɛnt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To pay out (money).

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

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

  3. To squander.

    Example: to spend an estate in gambling

  4. To exhaust, to wear out.

    Example: The violence of the waves was spent.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

    Example: a spent cartridge

  2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.