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Spare
- adjective - a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
- lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
- more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was s
Spate
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a sudden forceful flow
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Stage
- noun - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peacef
Stake
- noun - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
- a division of the Mormon Church
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
- Territorial division of the Mormon Church
- the money risked on a gamble
- tie or fasten to a stake
Stale
- adjective - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
- urinate, of cattle and horses
Stare
- noun - a fixed look with eyes open wide
- fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"
- look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
State
- noun - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"
- a politically organized body of people under a single government;
- a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
- express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
- put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
- the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
- the territory occupied by a