Clues for the word "SPEND"

We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 426 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on July 24, 2026.

Definition of spend

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