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spent

(spĕnt)

Past tense and past participle of spend.

adj.

1. Having been put to use and therefore unavailable for use: spent shell casings.

2. Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted: spent laborers.

3. Depleted or nearly depleted of fissionable material: spent nuclear fuel.

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spent

(spɛnt)

the past tense and past participle of spend

adj

1. used up or exhausted; consumed

2. (Zoology) (of a fish) exhausted by spawning

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spent

(spɛnt)

v.

1. pt. and pp. of spend.

adj.

2. used up; consumed.

3. tired; worn-out; exhausted.

[1350–1400]

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Adj.	1.	spent - depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" exhausted
	2.	spent - drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, worn-out tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

spent

adjective

1. used up, finished, gone, consumed, expended The money was spent.

2. exhausted, drained, worn out, bushed (informal), all in (slang), shattered (informal), weakened, wiped out (informal), wearied, weary, played out (informal), burnt out, fagged (out) (informal), whacked (Brit. informal), debilitated, knackered (slang), prostrate, clapped out (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), tired out, ready to drop (informal), dog-tired (informal), zonked (informal), dead beat (informal), shagged out (Brit. slang), done in or up (informal) After all that exertion, we were completely spent.

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spent

adjective

Extremely tired:

bleary, dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out.

Informal: beat, bushed, tuckered (out).

Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).

Idioms: all in, ready to drop.

Translations

مُسْتَعْمَلمُنْهَك، مُرْهَق

použitývyčerpaný

brugt

erschöpft verbraucht

agotado gastado usado

épuisé utilisé

elhasznált

notaîur, uppurinnörmagna

usato

utbrent

kullanılmışyorgunluktan bitmiş

用过的精疲力竭的

spent

[spent]

A. PT & PP of spend

B. ADJ [match, lightbulb, battery] → gastado; [bullet, cartridge, ammunition] → usado
he's a spent force → ya no es lo que era

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spent

[ˈspɛnt]

pp of spend

adj

[cartridge, bullets] → vide, usagé(e); [fuel] → épuisé(e)
spent matches → vieilles allumettes

(= exhausted) [person] → épuisé(e), à bout

(= run out) [patience] → épuisé(e), à boutspent force n
to be a spent force → ne plus avoir d'influence

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spent

pret, ptp of spend

adj ammunition, cartridge, match → verbraucht; bullets also → verschossen; person → erschöpft; to be/look spent → erschöpft sein/aussehen; (= prematurely aged) → müde und verbraucht sein/aussehen; as a poet he was spent at 25 → mit 25 war seine dichterische Schaffenskraft verbraucht; to be a spent force → nichts mehr zu sagen haben; (movement) → sich totgelaufen haben; (ideology) → keine Zugkraft mehr haben; they collapsed, their energy spent → ihre ganze Energie verbraucht, brachen sie zusammen; he held her down until her fury was spent → er hielt sie fest, bis ihre Wut erschöpft war

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spent

[spɛnt]

1. pt & pp of spend

2. adj (cartridge, bullets, match) → usato/a; (supplies) → esaurito/a
he's a spent force → è un uomo finito

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spend

(spend) – past tense, past participle spent (-t) – verb

1. to use up or pay out (money). He spends more than he earns.

2. to pass (time). I spent a week in Spain this summer.

spent (spent) adjective

1. used. a spent match.

2. exhausted. By the time we had done half of the job we were all spent.

ˈspendthrift noun

a person who spends his money freely and carelessly.

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