spell
/spɛl/
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word; To read as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort; To work in place of
- he/she/it
- spells
- past
- spelt
- past participle
- spelled
Meanings
- 1
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word
Can you spell it out?
Tatoeba · megamanenm · CC BY 2.0 FR
How are you spelling that?
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort
- 3
To work in place of (someone)
- 4
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break
- 5
To rest from work for a time
- 6
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charmrare
- 7
To hanker or yearn (for something)rare
- 8
Of letters: to compose (a word)rare
- 9
To clarify; to explain in detailrare
- 10
To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word nounrare