1. past tense and past participle of spell; wrote or named the letters of a word in correct order
2. past tense and past participle of spell; meant or signified something
3. past tense and past participle of spell; relieved someone temporarily from work or duty

Examples

• She spelled her name correctly on the form.
• The word was spelled wrong in the document.
• The dark clouds spelled trouble for the picnic.
• His silence spelled the end of their friendship.
• The night shift worker was spelled by his colleague at dawn.
• I spelled my brother at the store while he took a break.