spend" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spend	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spend v pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" Synonym(s): spend, pass pay out; "spend money" Synonym(s): spend, expend, drop spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spend \Spend\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2.