a. to explain something plainly, so that the meaning is unmistakable: Must I spell it out for you? b. to write out in full: The title “Ph.D.” is seldom spelled out. c. to discern, as by study. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French espeller < Germanic; compare Old English...
Middle English spellen "to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters," from early French espeleir (same meaning); of Germanic origin Noun probably an altered form of Old English spale "a substitute"; the spelling probably influenced in Middle English by the similar word spelen "to substi...
"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...
Middle English spellen "to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters," from early French espeleir (same meaning); of Germanic origin Noun probably an altered form of Old English spale "a substitute"; the spelling probably influenced in Middle English by the similar word spelen "to substi...
(=make magic affect someone)The fairy put a terrible spell on the princess.break a spell(=end the effect of some magic)No one knew how to break the spell.COLLOCATIONS–Meaning 2: a period of a particular kind of activity, weather, illness etc, usually a short periodadjectivesa brief/...
SPELL meaning: 1 : to say, write, or print the letters of (a word or name) sometimes + out; 2 : used to indicate the letters that form a particular word
Try to read the story in groups and guess the meaning of the words with o-e. 小组尝试读一读这个故事,并猜一猜故事中带有o-e字母组合的单词的意思。 1. Match the new words. 2. What do you learn from the s...
"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." ...
Spell Check Meaning: What Is It? Spell check, sometimes written as spell-check, is a verb that meansto use a computer program to find spelling mistakes and grammar errors in a written document. Spell check can also be a noun that refers to the actual software or app, or the report that...
mid-15c., "action of reading letter by letter," verbal noun fromspell(v.1). In late Old English it meant "action of speaking, an utterance." The meaning "manner of forming words with letters" is from 1660s; the meaning "a particular way a word has been spelled" is from 1731. ...