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Spells

noun
Word Frequency: 2.8

Definitions

1.nounWords or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
"He cast a spell to cure warts."
2.nounA magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
"under a spell"
3.nounSpeech, discourse.
4.verbTo put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
5.verbTo read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
6.verb(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
7.verbTo be able to write or say the letters that form words.
"I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic."
8.verbOf letters: to compose (a word).
"The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."
9.verb(with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
"Please spell it out for me."
10.verbTo indicate that (some event) will occur.
"This spells trouble."
11.verbTo constitute; to measure.
12.verbTo speak, to declaim.
13.verbTo tell; to relate; to teach.
14.nounA shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
15.nounA definite period (of work or other activity).
16.nounAn indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
17.nounA period of rest; time off.
18.nounA period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
19.nounAn uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
20.verbTo work in place of (someone).
"to spell the helmsman"
21.verbTo rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
"They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook."
22.verbTo rest from work for a time.
23.nounA splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
24.nounThe wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Synonyms

cantripincantationcompriseforebodemeansignifyrelievecharmenchantmentpiecewritewhile

Rhymes With

parallelscompelsfarewellsseashellsstairwellsbellsshellsswells
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