spell
Definitions
- A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
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A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. Northern-England
- A surname.
- Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
- A definite period (of work or other activity).
- The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
- Speech, discourse.
- An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
- A period of rest; time off.
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A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. US, colloquial
- An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of spell.
Equivalents
43 more languages
བོད་སྐད།དག་ཆ་བྲིས
Catalàlletrejar
Danskstave
Esperantoliterumi
Euskaraletreiatu
Suomijaksokirjoittaakohtauskorvatalepuuttaaloitsulumousmerkitämuodostaapurkausselventäätaikatavatatietäätuuratavääntää rautalangasta
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipēla
עבריתאיית
हिन्दीअंछर
ՀայերենՀեգել
Italianocompitaredare il cambiofare lo spellingpresagirerilevarerimpiazzarescandirescriveresillabaresostituirevaticinare
ქართულიდამარცვლით კითხვა
ភាសាខ្មែរប្រកប
Polskichorobaczarliterowaćoznaczaćprzeliterowaćprzeliterowywaćturnusurokzaczarowaćzaczarowywaćzaklęciezamowazastąpićzastępować
Slovenščinačrkovati
Kiswahiliendeleza
Tiếng Việtđánh vần
Examples
“He cast⟳ a spell⟳ to cure warts.”
“under a spell⟳”
“Skies are not so black / Mary took me back / Mary has broken your spell⟳”
“I believe⟳ your love⟳ has placed its spell⟳ on me”
“A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point⟳, down Orham way. For a spell⟳ we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get⟳ one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.”
“I had a job in the great North Woods / Workin' as a cook⟳ for a spell⟳ / But I never did like⟳ it all that much / And one day the ax just fell”
“Despite his ill-fated spell⟳ at Anfield, he received a warm reception from the same Liverpool fans he struggled to win⟳ over before being sacked midway through last⟳ season.”
“Even Mrs. Harker seems to lose⟳ sight of her trouble⟳ for whole spells. [...] When he had spoken, Mina's long spell⟳ of silence made me look⟳ at her.”
“So after a short spell⟳ in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow⟳ with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important work⟳ was done, including the manufacture⟳ of centres for wheels.”
“[...] Class 37s became synonymous with the depot, and over the years more than a third of the class had a spell⟳ allocated to the shed⟳.”
“To swadle a bowe much about wyth bandes, verye seldome dothe anye good, excepte it be to kepe downe a spel in the backe.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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