- spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
--1 is a kind of orthography, writing system
--1 has parts: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
--1 has particulars: misspellingDerived forms: verb spell3, verb spell1
- spell - recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?"
--1 is one way to recite
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun speller1, noun spelling1
Somebody ----s something
- spell, import - indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
--2 is one way to mean, intend
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- spell, write - 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"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun spelling1
Somebody ----s something
- spell - place under a spell
--4 is one way to hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
Antonyms: unspell
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun spell4, noun spell1
Somebody ----s somebody