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31spent force — N SING: a N If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence. He had begun to look a spent force, a politician led by events rather than controlling them …
32Spent fuel — Irradiated fuel that is permanently discharged from a reactor. Except for possible reprocessing, this fuel must eventually be removed from its temporary storage location at thereactor site and placed in a permanent repository. Spent fuel is… …
33spent — adjective 1) a spent force Syn: used up, consumed, exhausted, finished, depleted, drained; informal burnt out 2) that s enough I m spent Syn: exhausted, tired (out), weary, worn out, dog tired …
34spent fish — 1) a fish which has recently completed spawning. Fat content and general condition is usually low. Most fish caught on spawning migrations are caught before they are spent 2) live fish with a flesh fat content less than 2%. Also called lean fish …
35spent force — noun A person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust. Evolution was not a spent force, but one still working …
36spent — adj. Spent is used with these nouns: ↑conviction, ↑fuel, ↑shell …
37spent — adj Tired, exhausted. I played ball all day; I m spent. 1590s …
38spent — /spɛnt / (say spent) verb 1. past tense and past participle of spend. –adjective 2. used up, consumed, or exhausted. 3. Colloquial physically exhausted; weary …
39spent fuel — /spɛnt ˈfjuəl/ (say spent fyoohuhl) noun nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction …
40spent grains — /spɛnt ˈgreɪnz/ (say spent graynz) plural noun the refuse malt and other insoluble residue left after the wort has been run off …
