spent

adj — 4 senses

spent

adj

/spɛnt/

1

Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

  • a spent cartridge
2

Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

3

Law UK Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.

4

Law UK Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.

Related terms
brewers' spent grains, forspent, heartspent, spent force, time spent listening, unspent

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