spell
/spɛl/ verb C2- To work in place of (someone). · to spell the helmsman
- To 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.
- To rest from work for a time.
He/she/it spells · Past spelled · Past participle spelled · -ing form spelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- spell
- He/she/it
- spells
- Past
- spelled
- Past participle
- spelled
- -ing form
- spelling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Don’t say anything about this to any one for a spell yet, anyway.
“Matthew had a bad spell with his heart Thursday,” Marilla explained, “and I didn’t feel like leaving him.
Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down “stupid things!” on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them didn’t know how to spell “stupid,” and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him.
She’ll be casting a spell over me, too.
Other matches
- spell Words or a formula supposed to have magical pow... A1
- spell To write or say the letters that form a word or... A2
- spell To put under the influence of a spell C2
- spell A splinter, usually of wood C2
- spell A shift C2
- spell off In a spelling bee, of two or more participants,...
- spell off To relieve
- spell out To form
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