English verb: expend | |||
1. | expend (consumption) use up, consume fully | ||
Samples | The legislature expended its time on school questions. | ||
Examples | They expend the money | ||
Synonyms | use | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abuse, abuse, blow, misuse, occupy, pervert, spare, squander, take, use up, waste | ||
Entail | consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
2. | expend (possession) pay out | ||
Samples | Spend money. | ||
Synonyms | drop, spend | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | afford, blow, commit, consume, consume, deplete, eat, eat up, economise, economize, exhaust, invest, lay out, misspend, misspend, nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch, piddle, piddle away, place, put, run through, save, squander, trifle, trifle away, underspend, use up, wanton, wanton, wanton away, wanton away, ware, waste, wipe out | ||