sell
(noun) the activity of persuading someone to buy; âit was a hard sellâ
sell
(verb) persuade somebody to accept something; âThe French try to sell us their image as great loversâ
sell
(verb) give up for a price or reward; âShe sold her principles for a successful careerâ
sell
(verb) exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; âHe sold his house in Januaryâ; âShe sells her body to survive and support her drug habitâ
deal, sell, trade
(verb) do business; offer for sale as for oneâs livelihood; âShe deals in goldâ; âThe brothers sell shoesâ
betray, sell
(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery; âJudas sold Jesusâ; âThe spy betrayed his countryâ
sell
(verb) be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; âThese books sell like hot cakesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sell (plural Sells)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sell is the 3280th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11014 individuals. Sell is most common among White (95.05%) individuals.
• ELLs, Ells, ells
sell (third-person singular simple present sells, present participle selling, simple past and past participle sold)
(transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
(ergative) To be sold.
To promote a product or service.
To promote a particular viewpoint.
To betray for money.
(slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
(professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
• buy
sell (plural sells)
An act of selling.
An easy task.
(colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
sell (plural sells)
(obsolete) A seat or stool.
(archaic) A saddle.
sell (plural sells)
(regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
• ELLs, Ells, ells
Source: Wiktionary
Sell, n.
Definition: Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
Sell, n.
Definition: A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sell, n.
Definition: A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sell, n. Etym: [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.]
1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.
2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] Etym: [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sÀlja to sell, Dan. s, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]
1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.
Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.
2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.
3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens. To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants.
– To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.
Sell, v. i.
1. To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak.
2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.
Sell, n.
Definition: An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
