spent
Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
Example
“a spent cartridge”
Other meanings
Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.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
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.