Definitions
1.verbTo read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
2.verb(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
3.verbTo be able to write or say the letters that form words."I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic."
4.verbOf letters: to compose (a word)."The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."
5.verb(with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail."Please spell it out for me."
6.verbTo indicate that (some event) will occur."This spells trouble."
7.verbTo constitute; to measure.
8.verbTo speak, to declaim.
9.verbTo tell; to relate; to teach.
10.verbTo work in place of (someone)."to spell the helmsman"
11.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."
12.verbTo rest from work for a time.