spend

English

/spɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
  • To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
  • (dated) To squander.
  • To exhaust, to wear out.
  • To consume, to use up (time).
  • (dated) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
  • (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
  • To be diffused; to spread.
  • (mining) To break ground; to continue working.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English spenden inherited from Old English spendan inherited from *spendōn (spend) derived from Latin expendere (weigh out, spend) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)pend-

Gloss

pull, spin, stretch

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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