Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
a spare diet
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
I have no spare time.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
a spare anchor; a spare bed or room
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
Slow.
To show mercy.
To keep.
To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.