spent (verb)
51polish up — verb bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state polish your social manners • Syn: ↑polish, ↑round, ↑round off, ↑brush up • Derivationally related forms: ↑polish (for: ↑ …
52put together — verb create by putting components or members together (Freq. 4) She pieced a quilt He tacked together some verses They set up a committee • Syn: ↑assemble, ↑piece, ↑set up, ↑tack, ↑ …
53putter around — verb move around aimlessly (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑putter, ↑potter, ↑potter around • Derivationally related forms: ↑potterer (for: ↑potter), ↑ …
54run low — verb to be spent or finished The money had gone after a few days Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest • Syn: ↑run short, ↑go • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑ …
55run short — verb to be spent or finished The money had gone after a few days Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest • Syn: ↑run low, ↑go • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑ …
56sift — verb examine sth very carefully ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ out ▪ They will try to sift out the winners and the losers. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ …
57spend — verb /spend/ to pay money ● They spent all their savings on buying the shop. ● The company spends thousands of pounds on research. ■ noun an amount of money spent ● What’s the annual spend on marketing? …
58wilt — verb ADVERB ▪ visibly (esp. BrE) ▪ After a day spent shopping, she was visibly wilting. VERB + WILT ▪ begin to ▪ Some of the leaves were beginning to wilt …
59edit — verb 1 (I, T) to prepare a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting by deciding what to include, and making sure there are no mistakes: hours and hours spent editing text 2 (T) to work as the editor of a newspaper, magazine etc: She… …
60futz — verb futz around phrasal verb (I) AmE informal to waste time, especially by doing small, unimportant jobs slowly: I spent the entire day just futzing around …
