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Meaning of spell
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.
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.
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.
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.
noun
- A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
- The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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