different between spend vs forspend
spend
English
Etymology
From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds ?spendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spend?n (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spent?n (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
spend (third-person singular simple present spends, present participle spending, simple past and past participle spent)
- (transitive, intransitive) To pay out (money).
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment.
- (dated) To squander.
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- their bodies spent with long labour and thirst
- To consume, to use up (time).
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 26:
- Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother to fend for themselves.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (dated, transitive, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
spend (countable and uncountable, plural spends)
- Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
- I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.
- (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
- Discharged semen.
- Vaginal discharge.
Translations
Anagrams
- pends
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forspend
English
Alternative forms
- forespend (rare)
Etymology
From Middle English forspenden, from Old English forspendan (“to spend up, give out, squander, consume”), equivalent to for- +? spend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??(?)?sp?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
forspend (third-person singular simple present forspends, present participle forspending, simple past and past participle forspent)
- (transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
- a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa
- A painful march, / Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, / Forespent the British troops.
- a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa
Derived terms
- forspent
Anagrams
- Pensford
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