Definition of sell

"sell" in the noun sense

1. sell

the activity of persuading someone to buy

"it was a hard sell"

"sell" in the verb sense

1. sell

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

"He sold his house in January"

"She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"

2. sell

be sold at a certain price or in a certain way

"These books sell like hot cakes"

3. sell

persuade somebody to accept something

"The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"

4. deal, sell, trade

do business offer for sale as for one's livelihood

"She deals in gold"

"The brothers sell shoes"

5. sell

give up for a price or reward

"She sold her principles for a successful career"

6. sell

be approved of or gain acceptance

"The new idea sold well in certain circles"

7. sell

be responsible for the sale of

"All her publicity sold the products"

8. betray, sell

deliver to an enemy by treachery

"Judas sold Jesus"

"The spy betrayed his country"

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Quotations for sell

Weigh right and sell dear. [ Proverb ]

You must sell as markets go. [ Proverb ]

Better sell than live poorly. [ Proverb ]

Weigh justly and sell dearly. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Buy at a fair, but sell at home. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Buy at a market, and sell at home. [ Proverb ]

Buy and sell, and live by the loss. [ Proverb ]

As the market goes, wives must sell. [ Proverb ]

Furniture and mane make the horse sell. [ Proverb ]

Of judgment every one has some to sell. [ Italian Proverb ]

Who will sell the cow must say the word. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

None sows such a grain as will not sell. [ Proverb ]

I cannot sell the cow and drink her milk. [ Proverb ]

You have no goats, and yet you sell kids. [ Proverb ]

He that buys magistracy must sell justice. [ Proverb ]

To beg a courtesy is to sell one's liberty. [ Proverb ]

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. [ Proverb ]

It is a great act of life to sell air well. [ Proverb ]

They that buy an office must sell something. [ Proverb ]

He that will sell lawn must learn to fold it. [ Proverb ]

You cannot sell the cow and have her milk too. [ Proverb ]

They may sit in the chair who have malt to sell. [ Proverb ]

Sell not the bear-skin before you have caught him. [ Proverb ]

The man that once did sell the lion's skin
While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. [ William Shakespeare ]

There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murders in this loathsome world.
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell,
I sell thee poison, thou hast sold me none. [ William Shakespeare ]

Gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murder in this loathsome world,
Than these poor compounds that thou may'st not sell. [ Shakespeare ]

To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty. [ Franklin ]

It is not a sin to sell dear, but it is to make ill measure. [ Proverb ]

He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest. [ Solon ]

For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty. [ Massinger ]

He that buys what he does not want, must often sell what he does want. [ Proverb ]

Sell your confidence at a high price, if at all; to be strong, keep your own counsel. [ Dumas, Pere ]

The French have a significant saying, that a woman who buys her complexion will sell it. [ Tuckerman ]

Truth is to be costly to you - of labour and patience; and you are never to sell it, but to guard and to give. [ John Ruskin ]

Would they could sell us experience, though at diamond prices, but then no one would use the article second-hand! [ Balzac ]

It is a law of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us. [ Corneille ]

Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

Plays and romances sell as well as books of devotion, but with this difference, - more people read the former than buy them, and more buy the latter than read them. [ T. Hughes ]

There is a Spanish proverb that a lapidary who would grow rich must buy of those who go to be executed, as not caring how cheap they sell; and sell to those who go to be married, as not caring how dear they buy. [ Fuller ]

People seldom read a book which is given to them; and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it. [ Johnson ]

sell in Scrabble®

The word sell is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters sell:

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sell in Words With Friends™

The word sell is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sell:

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Words within the letters of sell

2 letter words in sell (1 word)

3 letter words in sell (2 words)

4 letter words in sell (Anagrams) (2 words)

Word Growth involving sell

Shorter words in sell

el ell

Longer words containing sell

chiselled unchiselled

chiselly

counselled cocounselled

counselled miscounselled

counselled uncounselled

counsellor cocounsellor cocounsellors

counsellor counsellors cocounsellors

counsellor counsellors counsellorship

demoiselle demoiselles

demoiselle mademoiselle

outsell outselling

outsell outsells

oversell overselling

oversell oversells

resell presell preseller presellers

resell presell preselling

resell presell presells

resell reseller preseller presellers

resell reseller resellers presellers

resell reselling preselling

resell resells presells

sella sellable unsellable counsellable

sella tessellate tessellated

sella tessellate tessellates

sella tessellating

sella tessellation tessellations

sella unsellability

sellback sellbacks

seller bestseller bestsellers

seller bookseller booksellers

seller breadseller breadsellers

seller chiseller chisellers

seller flowerseller flowersellers

seller reseller preseller presellers

seller reseller resellers presellers

seller sellers bestsellers

seller sellers booksellers

seller sellers breadsellers

seller sellers chisellers

seller sellers flowersellers

seller sellers resellers presellers

seller sellers supersellers

seller sellers tassellers detassellers

seller sellers teasellers

seller sellers undersellers

seller superseller supersellers

seller tasseller detasseller detassellers

seller tasseller tassellers detassellers

seller teaseller teasellers

seller underseller undersellers

selling bestselling

selling bookselling

selling chiselling

selling counselling cocounselling

selling counselling counsellings

selling counselling miscounselling

selling outselling

selling overselling

selling reselling preselling

selling shortselling

selling superselling

selling tasselling detasselling

selling tasselling tassellings

selling teaselling teasellings

selling underselling

selling weaselling

selloff selloffs

sellotape sellotaped

sellotape sellotapes

sellotaping

sellout sellouts

sells outsells

sells oversells

sells resells presells

sells supersells

sells undersells

supersell superseller supersellers

supersell superselling

supersell supersells

tasselled detasselled

teaselled

teasellike

tinselled

tinsellike

tinselly

undersell underseller undersellers

undersell underselling

undersell undersells

weaselled

weaselly