Spell - English meaning

exclamation

A word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick.

Usage examples:

The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra!

noun

Language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power.

Usage examples:

I get so fed up with all the mumbo jumbo and abracadabra

exclamation

Said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help perform it successfully

noun

The power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.

Usage examples:

His charm has captivated the media

verb

Delight greatly.

Usage examples:

The books have charmed children the world over

adjective

Denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

noun

The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.

Usage examples:

The road adopts a tortuous course along the coast

verb

(of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.

Usage examples:

Tears were coursing down her cheeks

noun

The particular path something such as an aircraft or ship takes as it moves, or the path along which a river flows

Usage examples:

A southern course will take our flight over texas., the ship was blown off course (= away from its …

verb

Cast a spell on; bewitch.

Usage examples:

He hexed her with his fingers

noun

A magic spell; a curse.

Usage examples:

A death hex

adjective

Short for hexadecimal.

noun

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

Usage examples:

An incantation to raise the dead

noun

(the performance of) words that are believed to have a magical effect when spoken or sung

Usage examples:

Chant an incantation around the fire, tribal elders chanted incantations.

noun

An intervening time.

Usage examples:

After his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings

noun

A period between two events or times, or the space between two points

Usage examples:

If there is a fire, the alarm will sound at 15-second intervals., we’ve positioned guards around th…

noun

A period between two events or times

Usage examples:

We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.

noun

The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open

adjective

Having or apparently having supernatural powers.

Usage examples:

A magic wand

verb

Move, change, or create by or as if by magic.

Usage examples:

He must have been magicked out of the car at the precise second it exploded

noun

Sorcery; witchcraft.

Usage examples:

The urewera, famed all over new zealand for their skill in makutu practices, often used spittle as …

noun

A magic charm, talisman, or spell.

Usage examples:

Someone must have their mojo working over at the record company

noun

A cuban sauce or marinade containing garlic, olive oil, and sour oranges.

Usage examples:

For local flavours, the piquant sauce called mojo is important.

noun

A quality that attracts people to you and makes you successful and full of energy

Usage examples:

He's definitely lost his mojo., he needs to get his mojo working if he's going to win the election.

noun

A piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point.

Usage examples:

The jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows

verb

Mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were neatly patched

noun

A small part of a surface that is different in some way from the area around it

Usage examples:

Watch for patches of ice on the road., we have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetabl…

noun

A length or portion of time.

Usage examples:

He had long periods of depression

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of a past historical time, especially in style or design.

Usage examples:

An attractive and beautifully modernized period house

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

noun

A letter of an ancient germanic alphabet, related to the roman alphabet.

Usage examples:

Long ago, a rune had been carved in the centre of the stone

noun

Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Usage examples:

Now most places in the world you have four seasons; winter, spring, summer, fall but not so in barb…

verb

Add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food).

Usage examples:

Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper

noun

One of the four parts a year is divided into; spring, summer, fall, or winter

Usage examples:

Flu season, the holiday season, the baseball season lasts from april to october., strawberries are …

verb

Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound.

Usage examples:

Guitar strings kept snapping

noun

A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement.

Usage examples:

She closed her purse with a snap

adjective

Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice.

Usage examples:

A snap decision

noun

The use of magic, especially black magic.

Usage examples:

I don't know whether you believe in witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, and all that kind of thing.

noun

A type of magic that is used esp. to harm someone or make things happen

noun

The full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers.

Usage examples:

A warehouse with a clear span of 28 feet

verb

(of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of.

Usage examples:

The stream was spanned by a narrow bridge

verb

Yoke (an animal).

Usage examples:

He spanned his donkeys to the cart

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun

A long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings.

Usage examples:

A streak of oil

verb

Cover (a surface) with streaks.

Usage examples:

Tears streaking her face, cynthia looked up

noun

A mark of a color that is different from what surrounds it, or a thin strip of light

Usage examples:

Streaks of gray and black colored the marble., the comet appeared as a dazzling streak in the sky.,…

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

noun

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Usage examples:

Travel through space and time

verb

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

Usage examples:

The first track race is timed for 11.15

noun

The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole

Usage examples:

I really don’t have time to call her today., the children spent most of their time outdoors., we’d …

noun

The practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells.

Usage examples:

Children and goods were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours

noun

The use of magic, esp. in stories, to help or harm people

noun

The practice of magic.

Usage examples:

Warding off evil spirits and acts of witchery