spell

Phonetics

/spɛl/

noun

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
Example: He cast a spell to cure warts.
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
Example: under a spell
Speech, discourse.

verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Phonetics

/spɛl/

verb

To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
Example: I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.
Of letters: to compose (a word).
Example: The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.
(with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
Example: Please spell it out for me.
To indicate that (some event) will occur.
Example: This spells trouble.
To constitute; to measure.
To speak, to declaim.
To tell; to relate; to teach.

Phonetics

/spɛl/

noun

A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
A definite period (of work or other activity).
An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
A period of rest; time off.
A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

verb

To work in place of (someone).
Example: to spell the helmsman
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
Example: They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.
To rest from work for a time.

Phonetics

/spɛl/

noun

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