expend

Meaning of expend

verb
  1. spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).
    the energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

late Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.

Information about expend

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of expend is: expends.
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Hyphenation of expend

ex-pend

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • expend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

expend synonyms

Meaning use:

use

Meaning spend:

spend, drop

Meaning pay out (money from a fund):

disburse

Meaning bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on:

lavish

Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:

squander

Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:

waste

Meaning waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources):

dissipate

Meaning (of wind) move creating an air current:

blow

Meaning spend (money) freely or extravagantly:

splurge

Meaning make or become blue:

blue

Meaning make practical and effective use of:

utilize

Meaning use up (a resource):

consume

Meaning use up the supply or resources of:

deplete

Meaning cause (a valuable resource) to be lost or used up:

drain

Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):

sap

Meaning use up (resources or reserves) completely:

exhaust

Meaning remove all the contents of (a container):

empty

expend antonyms

Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:

save

Meaning protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction:

conserve

Translation of expend

Words that rhyme with expend

depend, interdepend, overdepend, prepend, redepend, floccipend, stipend, vilipend, compend, impend, superimpend, propend, append, wappend, parpend, perpend, bespend, despend, dispend, forespend, forspend, misspend, outspend, overspend, presuspend, resuspend, spend, suspend, underspend, stupend, upend, misexpend, overexpend, preexpend

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