spirits
/ˈspɪɹɪts/
spirits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit.
spirits is the plural of spirit.
Meaning of spirit
Verb
spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)
- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way
- Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
- Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
Noun
spirits pl (plural only)
- Distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Synonyms:
- hard liquor, hard drink, liquor
Synonyms of spirits
Words formed from spirits
Phrases with spirits
- up spirits
- low spirits
- spirits off
- two spirits
- free spirits
- good spirits
- high spirits
- spirits away
- grain spirits
- proof spirits
- astral spirits
- master spirits
30 more phrasesFewer phrases
- moving spirits
- out of spirits
- driving spirits
- kindred spirits
- spirits of salt
- spirits of wine
- ancestor spirits
- fighting spirits
- knocking spirits
- spirits of salts
- surgical spirits
- petroleum spirits
- Corinthian spirits
- pyroacetic spirits
- spirits of hartshorn
- grain neutral spirits
- grape neutral spirits
- neutral grain spirits
- neutral grape spirits
- spirits of turpentine
- lift someone's spirits
- sweet spirits of nitre
- lifts someone's spirits
- raise someone's spirits
- lifted someone's spirits
- raised someone's spirits
- raises someone's spirits
- lifting someone's spirits
- raising someone's spirits
- industrial methylated spirits
Questions about spirits
- What does spirits mean?
- Spirits means distilled alcoholic beverages.
- What is spirits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Spirits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit.
- What part of speech is spirits?
- Spirits is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spirits?
- Spirits is pronounced /ˈspɪɹɪts/.
Words near spirits in the dictionary
Source and license
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