spent

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spent

She felt completely spent after the long hike.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Completely exhausted; drained of energy or effectiveness: Describes a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue, where one's strength or vitality has been used up.
    • Depleted; used up; having no remaining force or power: Describes something that has been consumed, exhausted, or is no longer effective or viable.
Usage Examples
  • Describing a person or creature:
    • After running the marathon, he was completely spent and could barely walk.
    • The spent horse could not pull the cart any further.
  • Describing resources or energy:
    • The battery was spent and needed to be recharged.
    • They fought until their ammunition was spent.
  • Describing abstract qualities:
    • His anger was spent; he felt only a deep sadness.
    • The argument was over, their passion spent.
Advanced Usage
  • "Spent force": A person, movement, or idea that is no longer effective or influential.
    • After the election, the political party was considered a spent force.
  • "Spent cartridge/case": The empty metal case that remains after a bullet has been fired.
    • The ground was littered with spent cartridges after the battle.
Variants and Related Words
  • Spend (verb): To use up or pay out (money, time, energy).
    • He spends a lot of time reading.
  • Spending (noun): The act of using money to pay for goods or services.
    • Government spending increased this year.
Synonyms
  • Exhausted: Drained of one's physical or mental resources.
  • Depleted: Reduced in amount or number; used up.
  • Fatigued: Worn out from labor or exertion.
  • Worn-out: Exhausted or used until no longer effective.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: 'Spent' is primarily an adjective or the past participle of 'spend'. It does not commonly form phrasal verbs itself. The base verb 'spend' forms phrasal verbs.) - Spend on: To use money to buy something. - She spent a fortune on that car. - Spend up: (Informal) To spend all of one's money. - I'm completely spent up until payday.

Related Idioms
  • To be spent: To be completely exhausted.
    • By the end of the double shift, every nurse was spent.
  • A spent bullet: Literally, a bullet that has lost its force; figuratively, an argument or threat that is no longer effective.
    • His criticism was like a spent bullet; it no longer bothered her.
spent

She felt completely spent after the long hike.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. depleted of energy, force, or strength
    • impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil
    • the exhausted food sources
    • exhausted oil wells

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