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What does expends mean?

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expend
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Thus, the energy a stevedore expends in unloading boxes from a ship is recycled to him in the form of the money which he uses to buy bread.
The forager expends 1 unit of energy per time period as a basal metabolic rate, independent of what it is doing.
He expends all his energies reacting to the incessant, queasy lurch of the metallic object confining his limbs.
A cup of coffee in the morning can increase performance, but too much coffee expends energy and can create long-term exhaustion.
Precycling represents the stage before recycling and, unlike recycling, it expends little energy.
Movement expends energy and can attract predators, and increased movement capacity may evolve only at the sacrifice of reproductive effort.

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