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spent

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spent  (spnt)
v.
Past tense and past participle of spend.
adj.
1. Used up; consumed: a spent youth.
2. Having come to an end; passed: a spent era of opulence.
3. Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted: At the end of the hot day the spent workers slept under a shady tree.
4. Nautical Of or relating to a vessel at the end of a voyage, with fuel, stores, and water consumed and cargo discharged.

spent
Verb
the past of spend
Adjective
used up or exhausted
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.spent - depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells"
2.spentspent - 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"
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

spent
adjective 1. used up, finished, gone, consumed, expended
adjective 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)
Translations
spent [spɛnt] pt, pp of spend
adj [cartridge, bullets, match] → usado
spent [spɛnt] pt, pp of spend
adj [patience] → épuisé(e)à bout; [cartridge, bullets] → vide;
spent matches → vieilles allumettes
spent [spɛnt] pt, pp of spend
adj (patience) → erschöpft;
(cartridge, bullets) → verbraucht;
(match) → abgebrannt
spent [spɛnt] pt, pp of spend
adj [patience] → esaurito/a; [cartridge, bullets, match] → usato/a


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All the rest of the day I spent in afflicting myself at the dismal circumstances I was brought to - viz.
I spent a little over three weeks there, and, during that time, saw my hundred thousand francs come to an end.
The most of my lei- sure time I spent in helping Master Daniel Lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them.
 
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