| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| speak | verb i. | To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak., To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse., To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally., To discourse; to make mention; to tell., To give sound; to sound., To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will., To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings., To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense., To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way., To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin., To address; to accost; to speak to. |
| spear | noun | A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance., Fig.: A spearman., A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals., A shoot, as of grass; a spire., The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4., The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod., To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish., To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. |
| spece | noun | Species; kind. |
| speck | noun | The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus., A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit., A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money., A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States., To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. |
| speed | noun | Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success., The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel., One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success., To go; to fare., To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare., To fare well; to have success; to prosper., To make haste; to move with celerity., To be expedient., To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor., To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry., To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite., To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo., To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey. |
| speer | noun | A sphere., To ask. |
| speet | verb t. | To stab. |
| speir | verb i. | To ask. See Spere. |
| speke | verb i. & t. | To speak. |
| spelk | noun | A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. |
| spell | noun | A spelk, or splinter., To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman., The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead., The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks., One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells., A gratuitous helping forward of another’s work; as, a logging spell., A story; a tale., A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm., To tell; to relate; to teach., To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm., To constitute; to measure., To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography., To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; — usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible., To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing., To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. |
| spelt | of Spell, imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled., A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; — called also German wheat., Spelter., To split; to break; to spalt. | |
| spent | imp. & past participle | of Spend, Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force., Exhausted of spawn or sperm; — said especially of fishes. |
| spend | verb t. | To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing., To bestow; to employ; — often with on or upon., To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices., To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad., To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent., To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely., To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it., To be diffused; to spread., To break ground; to continue working. |
| spere | verb i. | To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire., A sphere. |
| sperm | noun | The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen., Spermaceti. |
| spewy | adjective | Wet; soggy; inclined to spew. |