spell

/spɛl/ · noun

Meaning

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
Speech, discourse.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
Of letters: to compose (a word).
(with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
To indicate that (some event) will occur.
A shift (of work); 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.
To work in place of (someone).
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
To rest from work for a time.
A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

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