Definitions for sparing

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sparing spar·ing

Spelling: [spair-ing]

IPA: /ˈspɛər ɪŋ/

Sparing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in sparing (aginprs).

Definitions for sparing

noun

1. a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
2. Ceramics. an area at the top of a plaster mold for holding excess slip.
3. Bowling. the knocking down of all the pins with two bowls. a score so made. Compare strike (def 69).

adjective

1. economical (often followed by in or of).
2. lenient or merciful.
3. scanty; limited.
4. kept in reserve, as for possible use:
5. being in excess of present need; free for other use:
6. frugally restricted or meager, as a manner of living or a diet:
7. lean or thin, as a person.
8. scanty or scant, as in amount or fullness.
9. economical, moderate, or temperate, as persons; sparing.

verb (used with object)

1. to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy:
2. to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for:
3. to save from strain, discomfort, embarrassment, or the like, or from a particular cause of it:
4. to refrain from, forbear, omit, or withhold, as action or speech:
5. to refrain from employing, as some instrument or recourse:
6. to set aside for a particular purpose:
7. to give or lend, as from a supply, especially without inconvenience or loss:
8. to dispense with or do without:
9. to use economically or frugally; refrain from using up or wasting:
10. to have remaining as excess or surplus:

verb (used without object)

1. to use economy; be frugal.
2. to refrain from inflicting injury or punishment; exercise lenience or mercy.
3. Obsolete. to refrain from action; forbear.

Origin of sparing

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at spare, -ing²

Examples for sparing

Many of our most energetic and useful workers have been but sparing readers.

Was this his clemency—this sparing of my life that he might submit it to an eternal shame?

He drank less for a while, was sparing with drugs, and sang gospel songs to the crowds who greeted his return.

A commotion has erupted in one of the dressing rooms, sparing me more reminiscences from Tyrone.

As he rode away, the redheaded wildling filled her lover with three arrows, sparing his life.

But it doesn't present itself to me as a ground for sparing the older generation.

In addition to sparing their lives, Kruger offered the prisoners better food and other privileges for their hard work.

"Well, I'm not sparing you the 'Be—'," said Donald, busy with the fastenings of the lunch basket.

His body had caught the impact, sparing the lives of two of his friends.

But after a quarrel, when the laundress had bullied her, the old woman was not sparing in her allusions.