Hiatus (noun)
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
Hiatus (noun)
An interruption, break or pause.
Hiatus (noun)
An unexpected break from work.
“Twenty one pilots’ hiatus seems like it‘s never going to end.”
Hiatus (noun)
A gap in geological strata.
Hiatus (noun)
An opening in an organ.
“Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.”
Hiatus (noun)
A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
“Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.”
Spell (noun)
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. from 16th c.
“He cast a spell to cure warts.”
Spell (noun)
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. from 16th c.
“under a spell”
Spell (noun)
Speech, discourse. 8th-15th c.
Spell (noun)
A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. from 16th c.
Spell (noun)
A definite period (of work or other activity). from 18th c.
Spell (noun)
An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. from 18th c.
Spell (noun)
A period of rest; time off. from 19th c.
Spell (noun)
A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. from 19th c.
Spell (noun)
An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler. from 20th c.
Spell (noun)
A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
Spell (noun)
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Spell (verb)
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
Spell (verb)
To speak, to declaim. 9th-16th c.
Spell (verb)
To tell; to relate; to teach.
Spell (verb)
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. from 14th c.
Spell (verb)
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. from 16th c.
Spell (verb)
To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
“I find it difficult to spell because I’m dyslexic.”
Spell (verb)
Of letters: to compose (a word). from 19th c.
“The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.”
Spell (verb)
To indicate that (some event) will occur. from 19th c.
“This spells trouble.”
Spell (verb)
To clarify; to explain in detail. from 20th c.
“Please spell it out for me.”
Spell (verb)
To constitute; to measure.
Spell (verb)
To work in place of (someone).
“to spell the helmsman”
Spell (verb)
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
“They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.”
Spell (verb)
To rest from work for a time.