1. Box lightly
   "The fighters sparred to warm up before the main event"
    
2. Fight verbally
   "They were sparring all night"
    
3. Fight with spars
   "the gamecocks were sparring"
    
4. Furnish with spars
   "The sailing boat was sparred with lightweight aluminium masts"

1. Making the motions of attack and defence with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
   "The fighters had a spar in the ring";
   - sparring
    
2. A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
   "The sailor climbed the spar to adjust the sails"
    
3. Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in colour and transparent or translucent and cleavable
   "The geologist identified the crystal as a type of spar"

Sounds like: soulless, soleles

Derived forms: sparred, sparring, spars

Type of: argue, box, boxing, contend, debate, equip, fence, fight, fisticuffs, fit, fit out, mineral, outfit, pole, pugilism, struggle

Part of: ship

Encyclopedia: Spar, Colorado