spell
/spɛl/ noun C2- A shift (of work); (rare) 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.
- An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
Plural spells
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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 To work in place of C2
- spell A splinter, usually of wood C2
- spell off In a spelling bee, of two or more participants,...
- spell off To relieve
- spell out To form
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