v. t. | 1. | To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. |
| 2. | To bestow; to employ; - often with on or upon. |
| 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. |
| 5. | To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. |
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. |
| 2. | To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. |
| 3. | To be diffused; to spread. |
| 4. | (Mining) To break ground; to continue working. |