spells
spells is the plural of spell.
spells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spell.
Meaning of spell
Noun (1)
spell (plural spells)
- Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- He cast a spell to cure warts.
- Synonyms:
- cantrip, incantation, chantment, charm, conjuration, craft, dwimmer, enchantment, hex, magic
- A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
- under a spell
- Speech, discourse.
Noun (2)
spell (plural spells)
- A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
- A definite period (of work or other activity).
- 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...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
- 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.1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 24, in Dracula, HTML edition
Proper noun capitalized: Spells
Spells
- plural of Spell
Phrases with spells
- dry spells
- hot spells
- spells off
- spells out
- tet spells
- bind spells
- cold spells
- spells doom
- magic spells
- money spells
- spells it out
- binding spells
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Questions about spells
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- Spells is the plural of spell.
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- Spells is a proper noun.
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