Definition of "expends" [expends]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expend. (verb)

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• "Like Hamlet, who spends his days gathering evidence for a crime everyone can see was clearly committed by his uncle, Occupy Chicago expends too much time and effort articulating the glaringly obvious inequity of America's economic system."
• "The Super Bowl expends an enormous amount of energy."
• "According to Runner's World's Calorie Calculator, an average 145 pound woman burns 2878 calories and a 180 pound man expends around 3573 during the 26.2 mile race."