Spend

v. t.	1.	To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. [imp. & p. p. Spent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spending.] Spend thou that in the town. - Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? - Isa. lv. 2.
	2.	To bestow; to employ; - often with on or upon. I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. - Herbert.
	3.	To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
	4.	To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad. We spend our years as a tale that is told. - Ps. xc. 9.
	5.	To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. - Knolles.
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.

Verb	1.	spend - pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?" Synonyms: pass
	2.	spend - pay out; "spend money" Synonyms: expend, drop
	3.	spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"

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