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knell

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As a verb, knell means ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral. As a noun, it means the sound of a bell knelling.

Meanings of knell

8 meanings

verb

  1. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

  2. To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.

  3. To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

  4. Ring as in announcing death

  5. Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

    “Ring the bells”

    “My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church”

    Similar: ring

noun

  1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

  2. figurativelyA sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

  3. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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