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Peal
see synonyms of pealNoun
Verb
2. peal
ring recurrently
Example Sentences:'bells were pealing'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Peal
see synonyms of pealnoun
1.
a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter
2. bell-ringing
a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells
3. (not in technical usage)
the set of bells in a belfry
verb
4. (intransitive)
to sound with a peal or peals
5. (transitive)
to give forth loudly and sonorously
6. (transitive)
to ring (bells) in peals
noun
a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout
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Peal
see synonyms of peal noun
1.
the loud ringing of a bell or set of bells
2.
a.
a set of tuned bells; chimes; carillon
b.
the ringing of changes on such a set of bells
3.
any loud, prolonged sound, as of gunfire, thunder, laughter, etc.
verb intransitive, verb transitive
4.
to sound in a peal; resound; ring
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Peal
see synonyms of pealn.
1. A ringing of a set of bells, especially a change or set of changes rung on bells.
2. A set of bells tuned to each other; a chime.
3. A loud burst of noise: peals of laughter.
v. pealed, peal·ing, peals
v.intr.
To sound in a peal; ring.
v.tr.
To cause to peal.
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