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Spans
- noun - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
- the act of sitting or standing astride
- the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
- the distance or interval between two points
- to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
- two items of the same kind
Spend
- verb - pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
- pay out; "spend money"
- spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
Spent
- verb - depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells"
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"
- pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
- pay out; "spend money"
- spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
Spine
- noun - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- any sharply pointed projection
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
Spins
- noun - a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
- a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
- make up a story; "spin a yarn"
- prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
- the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
- work natural fiber
Spiny
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous"
Spong
- - An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
Spunk
- noun - material for starting a fire
- the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"