spent
About 50.86 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
a spent cartridge
- adjective Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
- adjective Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.
- adjective Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.
- verb simple past and past participle of spend
Similar words
expended played out exhausted fatigued worn-out worn out washed-out tired gone bushed
Often followed by
in the a on his most much some at
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