noun Download 🔗Share Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. Examples : "He cast a spell to cure warts." mythology religion supernatural curse Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. Examples : "under a spell" mythology supernatural religion curse Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Speech, discourse. Examples : "The student listened intently to the professor's spells during the lecture. " language communication linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. Examples : "The magician's performance completely spells the audience, leaving them in awe. " supernatural mythology religion curse Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. Examples : "The tired student spells through the difficult textbook, trying to understand each word. " language writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. Examples : "Please spell your name for me. " language writing word communication linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be able to write or say the letters that form words. Examples : "My daughter is learning how to read and now she spells simple words like "cat" and "dog." " language writing education ability word communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of letters: to compose (a word). Examples : "The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”." language writing word communication linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail. Examples : "Please spell it out for me." language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To indicate that (some event) will occur. Examples : "This spells trouble." future time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To constitute; to measure. Examples : "The added workload spells trouble for the team's deadline. " amount number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To speak, to declaim. Examples : "The actor spells out the famous monologue with great emotion. " language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tell; to relate; to teach. Examples : "My grandmother often spells stories about her childhood. " communication language education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. Examples : ""The night spells at the hospital are often short-staffed, so the nurses work very hard." " job work time organization industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A definite period (of work or other activity). Examples : ""My brother does short spells of studying before taking breaks to play video games." " time job work period Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. Examples : ""After a short spell of rain, the sun came out." " time period amount space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A period of rest; time off. Examples : "After working two weeks straight, I'm finally taking a few spells of time off to relax. " time holiday Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. Examples : "The flu spells kept Sarah out of school for a week. " medicine mind disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler. Examples : "The bowler delivered two long spells, tiring the batsmen with consistent accuracy. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work in place of (someone). Examples : "to spell the helmsman" job business work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break. Examples : "They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook." action work job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rest from work for a time. Examples : ""After working in the garden for two hours, I asked my brother to spell me so I could take a break." " work time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. Examples : "After walking barefoot in the old shed, I had to carefully pull several spells from my foot. " material thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell. Examples : "The old knurr and spell set was missing its spells, so we had to use a broom handle to hit the ball instead. " sport game utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading