to weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.-to bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.-to consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.-to pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.-to exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.-to expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.-to waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.-to be diffused; to spread.-to break ground; to continue working.