spell

spell is a 5-letter English word with 25 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A spelk, or splinter. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A spelk, or splinter.
2. transitive verb. To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
3. noun. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
4. noun. The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
5. noun. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
6. noun. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
7. noun. A story; a tale.
8. noun. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
9. transitive verb. To tell; to relate; to teach.
10. transitive verb. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
11. transitive verb. To constitute; to measure.
12. transitive verb. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
13. transitive verb. To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
14. intransitive verb. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
15. intransitive verb. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
16. noun. a verbal formula believed to have magical force

    "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"

    "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

    Synonyms: charm

17. noun. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

    Synonyms: enchantment, trance

18. noun. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

    "he was here for a little while"

    "I need to rest for a piece"

    Synonyms: patch, piece, while

19. noun. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

    "it's my go"

    "a spell of work"

    Synonyms: go, tour, turn

20. verb. take turns working

    "the workers spell every four hours"

21. verb. indicate or signify

    "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

    Synonyms: import

22. verb. orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of "We had to spell out our names for the police officer"

    "How do you spell this word?"

23. verb. place under a spell
24. verb. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

    "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

    Synonyms: write

25. verb. relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn

    "She spelled her husband at the wheel"

Synonyms

charm, enchantment, trance, patch, piece, while, go, tour, turn, import, write

Common word forms

spells, spelled, speller, spellful, spelling, spellable

Words from these letters

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