spare

/ˈspɛə(ɹ)//ˈspɛəɹ/

noun

1
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
2
Parsimony; frugal use.
3
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
4
That which has not been used or expended.
5
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
6
A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
7
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
8
The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
9
A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.

1
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
“a spare diet”
2
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
3
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
“I have no spare time.”
4
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
“a spare anchor; a spare bed or room”
5
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
6
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
“The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.”
7
Slow.

1
To show mercy.
2
To keep.
3
To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

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