Verb
to spell (spelled / spelt, spelled / spelt)
(Inflected forms: spelling, spells)
- to comprise a word, as the letters "'a'", "'n'" and "'d'" spell "'and'".
- to write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
- to mean, indicate or signify
- This spells trouble.
- to work in place of someone else; to relieve.