dry period or spell

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• dry spell — UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE a period during which there is little business activity: »Fears remain that the industry s dry spell could last longer than expected …   Financial and business terms

• spell — spell1 S2 [spel] v past tense and past participle spelt [spelt] BrE also spelled especially AmE [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: espeller] 1.) [I and T] to form a word by writing or naming the letters in order ▪ How do you spell juice ? ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spell — 1 verb past tense and past participle spelt, especially BrE spelled especially AmE 1 (I, T) to form a word by writing or naming the letters in the correct order: “How do you spell your name?” “S M Y T H.” | can spell (=be good at spelling words… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dry spell — noun a) a drawn out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time shorter and not as severe as a drought The rains, it seemed, were over, and a dry spell was upon them b) a period or time where there is little activity,… …   Wiktionary

• spell — spell1 [ spel ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to know the letters of a word in the correct order: Can you spell the word beautiful? a ) transitive to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order: You ve spelled my name wrong. b )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• spell — [[t]spe̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ spells, spelling, spelled, spelt (American English uses the form spelled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spelled or spelt.) 1) VERB When you spell a word, you write or speak each letter in the …   English dictionary

• spell */*/ — I UK [spel] / US verb Word forms spell : present tense I/you/we/they spell he/she/it spells present participle spelling past tense spelt UK [spelt] or spelled past participle spelt or spelled 1) [transitive] to know the letters of a word in the… …   English dictionary

• spell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 period of time ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy (esp. BrE), long, prolonged ▪ brief, short ▪ five minute, ten day …   Collocations dictionary

• dry — dry1 W2S2 [draı] adj comparative drier superlative driest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not wet)¦ 2¦(weather)¦ 3 dry mouth/skin/lips/hair etc 4 run/go dry 5¦(humour)¦ 6¦(boring)¦ 7 dry cough 8 dry wine/sherr …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster for them spell out Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute; portend, augur, herald, bode, promise; involve; literary betoken, foretoken, forebode II noun 1) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute Phrases: spell something out II noun 1) the witch muttered a spell Syn: charm …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary