SPENT : adj 1: 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" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired,
fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn-out(a),
worn out(p)]
2: having all been spent; "the money is all gone" [syn: gone,
expended]
SPENT : \Spent\ (sp[e^]nt), a.
1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of
success. --Addison.
Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.
--Dryden.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially
of fishes.
Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an
object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spent; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spending.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or
dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See Pendant,
and cf. Dispend, Expend, Spence, Spencer.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. --Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread? --Isa. lv. 2.