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set a spell

set a spell verb: to sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.

Verb

set a spell (third-person singular simple present sets a spell, present participle setting a spell, simple past and past participle set a spell)

  1. (US, idiomatic, countrified dialect) To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.
    • [S]he declined his invitation to "Come up and see the old woman and set a spell."1876, Louisa May Alcott, “The Romance of a Summer Day”, in Silver Pitchers: and Independence
    • "You might as well set down," remarked Miss Hitty, with a new gentleness of manner. "I'm going to set a spell."1906, Myrtle Reed, chapter 2, in A Spinner in the Sun
    Synonyms:
    visit a spell
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, a, spell.
    • “Did the witch set a spell on you, too, Bodvar?”2006 May, Stobie Piel, Prince of Ice, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell, Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 84

set a spell meaning in Bengali

set a spell in Bengali

কিছু সময়ের জন্য বসা

Examples of set a spell in a sentence

  • Hank's is a place where people can set a spell, but it is also a business, competing in the ever-tightening hardware marketplace.2000 January 30, Steve Strunsky, “New Jersey and Co.: Inside 'Big Box' Project, Threats to 'Little Boxes'”, in New York Times, retrieved 25...
  • There is time to set a spell and talk about the weather, family and days gone by.2005 November 24, Jean Parks, “Opinion: Retirement fulfills”, in USA Today, retrieved 25 Jun 2011:

Synonyms of set a spell

Forms of set a spell

third-person singular presentsets a spell
present participlesetting a spell
past participleset a spell
pastset a spell

Questions about set a spell

What does set a spell mean?
Set a spell means to sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.
What is set a spell in Bengali?
Set a spell in Bengali is কিছু সময়ের জন্য বসা. See Set a spell meaning in Bengali.
How do you use set a spell in a sentence?
Hank's is a place where people can set a spell, but it is also a business, competing in the ever-tightening hardware marketplace.
What part of speech is set a spell?
Set a spell is a verb.
What is the past tense of set a spell?
The past tense of set a spell is set a spell.

Words near set a spell in the dictionary

  1. sestuors
  2. Sesuto
  3. sesvigintillion
  4. set
  5. set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil
  6. set a spell
  7. set a sponge
  8. set a thief to catch a thief
  9. set aback
  10. set about
  11. set adrift

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