Spent vs. Spend

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  • Spent (adjective)

    Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

    “a spent cartridge”

  • Spent (adjective)

    Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

  • Spent (verb)

    simple past tense and past participle of spend

  • Spend (verb)

    To pay out (money).

    “He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.”

  • Spend (verb)

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

  • Spend (verb)

    To squander.

    “to spend an estate in gambling”

  • Spend (verb)

    To exhaust, to wear out.

    “The violence of the waves was spent.”

  • Spend (verb)

    To consume, to use up (time).

    “My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.”

    “We spent the winter in the south of France.”

  • Spend (verb)

    To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.

  • Spend (verb)

    To waste or wear away; to be consumed.

    “Energy spends in the using of it.”

  • Spend (verb)

    To be diffused; to spread.

  • Spend (verb)

    To break ground; to continue working.

  • Spend (noun)

    Amount spent (during a period), expenditure

    “I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.”

  • Spend (noun)

    expenditures; money or pocket money.

  • Spend (noun)

    Discharged semen

  • Spend (noun)

    Vaginal discharge

Wiktionary
  • Spent (verb)

    past and past participle of spend

  • Spent (adjective)

    having been used and unable to be used again

    “a spent matchstick”

  • Spent (adjective)

    having no power or energy left

    “the movement has become a spent force”

Oxford Dictionary

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