sparing

/ˈspɛːrɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈspɛːrɪŋ/

sparing

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

spa - ring -> sparing

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခြစ်ခြုတ်ခြင်း။စေးနဲခြင်း။

Full entry

spare /speǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ အပို။ အရန်။ အစောင်။
a spare bed/bedroom/room (ie for guests) ❍ carry a spare wheel in the boot of the car ❍ Take a spare jumper in case you get cold. ❍ There's no spare room (ie space) in here for another desk. ❍ Have you got a spare pen I could borrow? ❍ Is that pen spare? ❍ Sorry, I haven't got any spare cash on me. ❍ There were no seats spare so we had to stand.
၂။ (အချိန်)ပို။ Since starting my new job, I've had very little spare time. ❍ What do you do in your spare time?
၃။ (esp fml ) ကျစ်ကျစ်လျစ်လျစ်။ သွယ်သွယ် လျလျ။ a tall spare figure.
၄။ ရိုးသော။ စင်းသော။ ရှင်းသော။ a few spare pieces of furniture ❍ a spare prose style.
n အပို (ဘီး၊ ပစ္စည်း စသည်)။ I've got a puncture and my spare is flat too! ❍ I'll show you where the spares are kept.
v
၁။ ~ sb/sth (from sth) ချမ်းသာပေးသည်။ လွတ်သွားသည်။ အခွင့်ပေးသည်။ ခွင့်လွှတ်သည်။ spare sb's life (ie not kill them) ❍ They killed the men but spared the children. ❍ Most of the area was demolished but the church was spared. ❍ He was spared (from) further humiliation when the referee stopped the fight.
၂။ ရှောင်ရှားသည်။ ညှာသည်။ Try to spare her as much distress as possible when you tell her. ❍ You can spare yourself an unnecessary journey by phoning in advance. ❍ Please spare me (ie do not tell me) the gruesome details. တော်ပါတော့ ဒီလိုအနိဋ္ဌာရုံတွေ မကြားပါရစေနဲ့။ ❍ No effort/trouble/expense was spared (ie A lot of effort, etc was made) to ensure our comfort.
၃။ (က) ~ sth (for sb/sth) ပိုသည်။ ပေးနိုင်သည်။ Can you spare any money/old clothes for the homeless? ❍ I can't spare the time for a holiday at the moment. ❍ Spare a thought for (ie Think about) those less fortunate than you. ❍ Can you spare (me) a cigarette? (ခ) (infml ) လွှတ်သည်။ ပေးသည်။
I can't spare him today—we need everybody here.
❏ go spare [IDM ] (Brit sl ) [ဥ] ဆွေ့ဆွေ့ခုန်သည်။ ဒေါကန် သည်။ Your mum'll go spare if she finds out what you've done!
❏ spare sb's blushes [IDM ] (Brit ) (အရှက်ကွဲမည့်ကိန်း မှ) ကယ်တင်လိုက်သည်။
A last-minute goal spared the champions' blushes.
❏ spare part n စက်အပိုပစ္စည်း။ It's difficult to get spare parts for old washing machines.
❏ spare-rib n (usu pl ) ဝက်နံရိုး။ barbecued spare-ribs.
❏ spare the rod and spoil the child [IDM ] (saying ) ဆန်ရင်းနာနာဖွပ်။ မရိုက်ရက်ကလေးပျက်။
❏ spare tyre (US tire ) n
၁။ (ကား)အပိုတာယာ။
၂။ (infml joc ) ဗိုက်ခေါက်အဆီလိပ်။
❏ sparing /'speǝrÇŋ/ adj ~ (with/of/in sth) (fml ) ချွေတာ သော။ လျော့သော။ be sparing with the sugar ❍ sparing of one's energy ❍ He was not sparing in his advice to others. ❍ They make sparing use of his talents.
❏ sparingly adv ချွေချွေတာတာ။ လျှော့လျှော့ပေါ့ပေါ့။ Add garlic sparingly.
❏ to spare [IDM ] ပိုသည်။ ပေးနိုင်သည်။ ကျန်သည်။ လို သည်။ Do you have any milk to spare? ❍ We caught the bus with only a few seconds to spare. ❍ There is little time to spare (ie We must act as quickly as possible).

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Synonyms

extra, standby, auxiliary, additional, emergency, unused, absolve, afford, allow, angular, backup, bail out, be lenient, be merciful, bestow, bony, bosom buddy, byproduct, classmate, classmates, de trop, deadwood, discharge, dispense, dispense with, do without, duplicate, economical, excess, excuse, exempt, exiguous, forbear, forgive, free, friend, frugal, fulsomeness, gaunt, get by without, get off the hook, get out of hock, give, give a break, give quarter to, give up, go easy on, grant, in excess, in reserve, in store, insubstantial, lagniappe, lank, lanky, lean, leave, leftover, let go, let off, luxuriance, manage without, meager, mean, modest, more, more than enough, nimiety, odd, option, over, overdose, overkill, pardon, part with, pinch, pity, poor, privilege from, provide, pull out of the fire, put by, rangy, rawboned, recrement, redundance, refrain from, release, relent, relieve from, relinquish, replacement, reserve, salt away, save, save bacon, save from, save neck, scant, scanty, scraggy, scrape, scrawny, scrimp, shadow, short, show mercy to, skimp, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare part, sparing, sparse, spring, stark, stick, stilt, stingy, stint, supererogation, supererogatory, superfluous, superfluousness, supernumerary, supply, surplus, the limit, thin, thin; sparse, third wheel, too much of a good thing, unoccupied, unwanted, well-wisher, wiry

Antonyms

abundant, chubby, condemn, deny, fat, great, hold, keep, large, main, necessary, need, plump, refuse, spend, take, thick, waste, withstand