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spent

  • adjective
  • spĕnt

Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

Example

“a spent cartridge”

Other meanings

  1. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

  2. Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.

Related words

  • forspent
  • heartspent
  • unspent
  • brewers' spent grains
  • spent force
  • time spent listening

Example sentences

  • “I spent the whole day there.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “They spent the afternoon swimming in the turquoise waters.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “spent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.