spell

Related to spell: spell checker, Cast a Spell, spell check

spell

1. informal A period of some particular kind of weather. It looks like we're in for a dry spell. I hope this cold spell ends soon—I'm sick of being stuck inside.
2. informal A bout, fit, or period of some particular kind of physical or mental distress or disorder. I've been having these strange dizzy spells lately. I always get into a depressed spell around this time of year.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

spell someone (at something)

to take a turn at doing something while the person who was doing it can take a rest. I will spell you at selling tickets while you go and grab a bite to eat.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • a good spell
  • be under (someone's) spell
  • be under the spell of (someone)
  • break a/the spell
  • break the spell
  • breathing spell
  • cast a spell
  • cast a spell on (someone or something)
  • cold snap
  • come in and set a spell
  • Come in and sit a spell
  • death by spell check
  • Do I have to spell it out (for you)?
  • Do I have to spell it out?
  • dry spell
  • fall under (someone's) spell
  • fall under spell
  • fall under the spell of (someone)
  • have (someone) in (one's) spell
  • have (someone) under (one's) spell
  • have in spell
  • set a spell
  • sit a spell
  • spell
  • spell (something) for (someone or something)
  • spell disaster
  • spell disaster Fig
  • spell down
  • spell for
  • spell off
  • spell out
  • spell trouble
  • spend (something) for (something)
  • spend (something) on (someone or something)
  • under (one's) spell
  • under a spell
  • under somebody's spell
  • under someone's spell
  • under the spell of (someone)
  • you can't spell (something) without (something else)
References in periodicals archive
Once you run out of spell energy, you can't fight at all, so you essentially have to stop playing the game until you can find some more.
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However, he added that wheat cultivated in southern regions, central Punjab and northern regions will surly benefit from this rain spell.
Fresh rains to prove useful for wheat crop
Once placed in a player's shortcuts, Sora can spam this spell in rapid succession so fast that its Grand Magic version, Firaza, quickly comes out.
'Kingdom Hearts 3': Magic Guide
Linguistic skills involved in learning to spell: An Australian study.
Innovative linguistic inquiries in the primary classroom
This thought is brought alive on-ground through the Classmate Spell Bee Contest.
Classmate Spell Bee is back with its 10th season and taking Indian Schools by storm
The timing to cast the spell depends on which money spell you are taking to.
Money Spells
Finally, to examine the effect of each type of unemployment spell on hourly wages, I use an econometric approach on the basis of work by Jacobson, LaLonde, and Sullivan.
An analysis of long-term unemployment
Another rain spell which would be part of pre-monsoon was likely during the last ten days of Ramzan (end of June).It would lower maximum temperature, he added.
Mix weather in Ramzan, three rain spells likely
Those words in memory can be used to read or spell unknown words by analogy (i.e., applying word parts or patterns from known words to new words) (Goswami, 1988a, 1988b).
How is contextualized spelling used to support reading in first-grade core reading programs?
It is a sad fact that Middlesbrough is often incorrectly spelt "Middlesborough", especially by southerners who are guilty of failing to check how to spell the name of a remote northern town.
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“We wanted to update the Oxford Dictionaries Spelling Challenge because we have seen how much Oxford Dictionaries Online users enjoy word challenges, word games, and learning how to spell interesting words.
Oxford Dictionaries Online Releases Oxford Dictionaries Spelling Challenge 2.0
After implementing a traditional spelling program and seeing students continuously spell previous spelling words wrong, different word study programs were researched and decided "Words Their Way" (Bear et.
Word Study: A Look at Improving Learning and Retention of Spelling
That is what Shishir Hathwar has been doing since age 16 when he discovered his talent to spell words forwards and backwards.
Talking backwards
In the two rounds so far, the students were given a series of words to spell with a time limit of 30 seconds for each word.
Kids take up spelling challenge
Then use the uncircled letters in order to spell out the fun fact.
Hidden words