spent

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.

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spent [spɛnt]

vb

the past tense and past participle of spend

adj

1. used up or exhausted; consumed

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of a fish) exhausted by spawning

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	spent - depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" exhausted
	2.	spent - 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" dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, worn-out tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

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spent

adjective

1. used up, finished, gone, consumed, expended The money was spent.

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) After all that exertion, we were completely spent.

Translations

spent [spent]

A. PT & PP of spend

B. ADJ [match, lightbulb, battery] → gastado; [bullet, cartridge, ammunition] → usado
he's a spent force → ya no es lo que era

spent [ˈspɛnt]

pt

pp of spend

adj

[cartridge, bullets] → vide, usagé(e); [fuel] → épuisé(e)
spent matches → vieilles allumettes

(= exhausted) [person] → épuisé(e), à bout

(= run out) [patience] → épuisé(e), à bout
spent force n
to be a spent force → ne plus avoir d'influence

spent pret, ptp of spend

adj ammunition, cartridge, match → verbraucht; bullets also → verschossen; person → erschöpft; to be/look spent → erschöpft sein/aussehen; (= prematurely aged) → müde und verbraucht sein/aussehen; as a poet he was spent at 25 → mit 25 war seine dichterische Schaffenskraft verbraucht; to be a spent force → nichts mehr zu sagen haben; (movement) → sich totgelaufen haben; (ideology) → keine Zugkraft mehr haben; they collapsed, their energy spent → ihre ganze Energie verbraucht, brachen sie zusammen; he held her down until her fury was spent → er hielt sie fest, bis ihre Wut erschöpft war

spent [spɛnt]

1. pt & pp of spend

2. adj (cartridge, bullets, match) → usato/a; (supplies) → esaurito/a
he's a spent force → è un uomo finito

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spent [spɛnt]

1. pt & pp of spend

2. adj (cartridge, bullets, match) → usato/a; (supplies) → esaurito/a
he's a spent force → è un uomo finito