Definition of span

"span" in the noun sense

1. span

the complete duration of something

"the job was finished in the span of an hour"

2. span

the distance or interval between two points

3. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad

two items of the same kind

4. span

a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

5. bridge, span

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

6. straddle, span

the act of sitting or standing astride

"span" in the verb sense

1. cross, traverse, span, sweep

to cover or extend over an area or time period

"Rivers traverse the valley floor"

"The parking lot spans 3 acres"

"The novel spans three centuries"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for span

Spick and span new. [ -Cervantes ]

Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind's the standard of the man. [ Watts ]

Gone is the time when Queen Bertha span. [ German Proverb ]

Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span. [ Wm. Browne ]

'Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep
From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high
The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky. [ Byron ]

An inch of a horse is worth a span of a colt. [ Proverb ]

Look not on pleasures as they come, but go.
Defer not the least virtue; life's poor span
Make not an ell by trifling in thy woe.
If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains;
If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. [ George Herbert ]

With equal foot (rich friend), impartial Fate
Knocks at the cottage and the palace gate;
Life's span forbids thee to extend thy cares
And stretch thy hopes beyond thy destined years:
Night soon will seize, and you must quickly go
To storied ghosts and Pluto's house below. [ Horace ]

Uncertain whose the narrowest span, - the clown unread, or half-read gentleman. [ Dryden ]

This span of life was lent for lofty duties, not for selfishness; not to be wiled away for aimless dreams, but to improve ourselves, and serve mankind. [ Sir Aubrey de Vere ]

It is difficult for the mind to span the career of nobody; the sphere of action opened to this wonderful person so enlarges every day that the limited faculties of anybody are too weak to compass it. [ Dickens ]

For the short-lived bloom and contracted span of brief and wretched life is fast fleeting away! While we are drinking and calling for garlands, ointments, and women, old age steals swiftly on with noiseless step. [ Juvenal ]

Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away. Enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what tomorrow may produce. [ Horace ]

span in Scrabble®

The word span is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters span:

SNAP
(27)
PANS
(27)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word span

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span in Words With Friends™

The word span is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters span:

PANS
(48)
SNAP
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Words within the letters of span

2 letter words in span (3 words)

3 letter words in span (5 words)

4 letter words in span (Anagrams) (4 words)

Word Growth involving span

Shorter words in span

an pan

pa pan

pa spa

Longer words containing span

hispanicised

hispanophobe hispanophobes

hispanophobia

hispanophobic hispanophobics

lifespan lifespans

outspan outspanned

outspan outspanning

outspan outspans

overspan overspanned

overspan overspanning

overspan overspans

respan respanned

respan respanning

respan respans

spandex spandexes

spangle bespangle bespangled

spangle bespangle bespangles

spangle spangled bespangled

spangle spangled starspangled

spangle spangles bespangles

spanglier

spangliest

spangling bespangling

spangly

spaniel cockerspaniel cockerspaniels

spaniel spaniellike

spaniel spaniels cockerspaniels

spaniolitmin

spank spanked

spank spanker spankers

spank spanking spankings

spank spanks

spanless

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spanned respanned

spanned unspanned

spanner spanners

spanning outspanning

spanning overspanning

spanning respanning

spans lifespans

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spans timespans

spans wingspans

timespan timespans

underspan

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