Synonyms of the word expend


EXPENDDROP - PAY - SPEND - USE

expend

  • v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
  • v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.

drop

  • n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
  • n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
  • n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
  • n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
  • n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
  • n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
  • n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
  • n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
  • n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
  • n. (American football) A dropped pass.
  • n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
  • n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
  • n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
  • n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
  • n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
  • n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
  • n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
  • n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
  • n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
  • n. (architecture) A gutta.
  • n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
  • n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
  • n. A drop press or drop hammer.
  • n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  • n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
  • v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
  • v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  • v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  • v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
  • v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
  • v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
  • v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
  • v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
  • v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
  • v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
  • v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
  • v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
  • v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  • v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
  • v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
  • v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
  • v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
  • v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
  • v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
  • v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
  • v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
  • v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
  • v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
  • v. To give birth to.
  • v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  • v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

pay

  • v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
  • v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
  • v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
  • v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
  • v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
  • v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
  • n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
  • adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
  • adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
  • v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…

spend

  • v. To pay out (money).
  • v. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
  • v. (dated) To squander.
  • v. To exhaust, to wear out.
  • v. To consume, to use up (time).
  • v. (dated, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
  • v. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
  • v. To be diffused; to spread.
  • v. (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
  • n. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure.
  • n. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.
  • n. Discharged semen.
  • n. Vaginal discharge.

use

  • n. The act of using.
  • n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
  • n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
  • n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
  • n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
  • n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
  • n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
  • n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
  • n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
  • v. To accustom; to habituate.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
  • v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
  • v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
  • v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
  • v. (transitive) To exploit.
  • v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
  • v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
  • v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
  • v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
  • v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

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