Index of English words, starting with "sp"

(1) - Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
(2) - Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
(3) - Spencer (n.) One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.

(1) - Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
(2) - Spend (v. i.) To be diffused; to spread.
(3) - Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
(4) - Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
(5) - Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
(6) - Spend (v. t.) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
(7) - Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
(8) - Spend (v. t.) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
(9) - Spend (v. t.) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.