sells

/sษ›lz/

IPA: /S EH1 L Z/

noun
  1. 1

    An act of selling.

    โ€œThis is going to be a tough sell.โ€

  2. 2

    An easy task.

  3. 3

    An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

verb
  1. 1

    (ditransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

    โ€œI'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars.โ€

  2. 2

    To be sold.

    โ€œThe corn sold for a good price.โ€

  3. 3

    To promote a product or service.

  4. 4

    To promote a particular viewpoint.

    โ€œMy boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.โ€

  5. 5

    To betray for money.

  6. 6

    To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

  7. 7

    To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.

Antonyms

noun
  1. 1

    A seat or stool.

  2. 2

    A saddle.

noun
  1. 1

    A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

    โ€œHe picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingห "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreวƒ".โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sell, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sells